Section, Puspan. L. 92–255, title IV, § 406, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 78; Puspan. L. 97–35, title IX, § 968(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 595, established additional drug abuse prevention functions of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Subsec. (a) was redesignated as section 503(e) of the Public Health Service Act by Puspan. L. 98–24, § 2(span)(5), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 177, and was classified to former section 290aa–2(e) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 102–321, title I, § 101(span), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 331.

Subsec. (span), which directed that the Secretary carry out his functions under subsec. (a) of this section through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was omitted.