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Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGSChapter 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROLSubchapter I - CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
Part D - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
Section 862b - Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled substances

21 U.S.C. § 862b

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Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 862b - Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled substances

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States shall not be prohibited by the Federal Government from testing welfare recipients for use of controlled substances nor from sanctioning welfare recipients who test positive for use of controlled substances.

21 U.S.C. § 862b

Pub. L. 104-193, title IX, §902, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2347.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and not as part of the Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.