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Appropriation

TITLE IV-REHABILITATION AND POSTHOS-
PITALIZATION CARE PROGRAMS AND
ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND LOCALITIES

SEC. 401. The Surgeon General is authorized to establish, as an integral part of the program of treatment for narcotic addiction authorized by section 341 of the Public Health Service Act, outpatient services to (1) provide guidance and give psychological help and supervision to patients and other individuals released from hospitals of the Service after treatment for narcotic drug addiction, utilizing all available resources of local, public and private agencies, and (2) assist States and municipalities in developing treatment programs and facilities for individuals so addicted, including posthospitalization treatment programs and facilities for the care and supervision of narcotic addicts released after confinement under this or any other Act providing for treatment of drug addiction. The Surgeon General shall take into consideration in supplying such services the extent of drug addiction in the various States and political subdivisions thereof and the willingness of such States and subdivisions to cooperate in developing a sound program for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts.

SEC. 402. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and for the succeeding fiscal year, the sum of $15,000,000 to enable the Surgeon General (1) to make grants to States and political subdivisions thereof and to private organizations and institutions (A) for the development of field testing and demonstration programs for the treatment of narcotic addiction, (B) for the development of specialized training programs or materials relating to the provision of public health services for the treatment of narcotic addiction, or the development of in-service training or short-term or refresher courses with respect to the provision of such services, (C) for training personnel to operate, supervise, and administer such services, and (D) for the conducting of surveys evaluating the adequacy of the programs for the treatment of narcotic addiction within the several States with a view to determining ways and means of improving, extending, and expanding such programs; and (2) to enter into jointly financed cooperative arrangements with State and local governments and public and private organizations and institutions with a view toward the developing, constructing, operating, staffing, and maintaining of treat

Sec. 402 repealed by sec. 303(b) of P.L. 90-574, which provided that there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make grants to continue the projects for which commitments were made under sec. 402(a) of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966, but such grants may be made only for the periods specified in such commitments for such projects.

ment centers and facilities (including posthospitalization treatment centers and facilities) for narcotic addicts within the States.

(b) Payments under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, as determined by the Surgeon General, and shall be made on such conditions as the Surgeon General determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.

(c) The Surgeon General is authorized to issue appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions

of this title.

70 Stat. 568
26 U.S.C. 7237

70 Stat. 570, 571 21 U.S.C. 174, 176a, 176b

55 Stat. 584;

70 Stat. 571

21 U.S.C. 184a

65 Stat. 150

Board of Parole, review of sen

tences

TITLE V-SENTENCING AFTER CONVICTION
FOR VIOLATION OF LAW RELATING TO
NARCOTIC DRUGS OR MARIHUANA 5

SEC. 501. Section 7237 (d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows:
(d) No SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE; NO PROBATION;
ETC.-Upon conviction-

(1) of any offense the penalty for which is provided in subsection (b) of this section, subsection (c), (h), or (i) of section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, or such Act of July 11, 1941, as amended, or

(2) of any offense the penalty for which is provided in subsection (a) of this section, if it is the offender's second or subsequent offense,

the imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended, probation shall not be granted and in the case of a violation of a law relating to narcotic drugs, section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, and the Act of July 15, 1932 (47 Stat. 696; D.C. Code 24-201 and following), as amended, shall not apply.

SEC. 502. The Board of Parole is hereby directed to review the sentence of any prisoner who, before the enactment of this Act, was made ineligible for parole by section 7237 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and who was convicted of a violation of a law relating to marihuana. After conducting such review the Board of Parole may authorize the release of such prisoner on parole pursuant to section 4202 of title 18, United States Code. Action taken by the Board of Parole under this section shall not cause any prisoner to serve a longer term than would be served under his original sentence.

Title V of this Act took effect February 8, 1967, and applies to any case pending in any court of the United States in which sentence had not yet been imposed.

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TITLE VI-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 601.6

SEC. 602. The Surgeon General and the Attorney General are authorized to give representatives of States and local subdivisions thereof the benefit of their experience in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts so that each State may be encouraged to provide adequate facilities and personnel for the care and treatment of narcotic addicts in its jurisdiction.

SEC. 603. The table of contents to "PART III.— PRISONS AND PRISONERS" of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

313. Mental defectives..........

a new chapter reference as follows:

314. Narcotic addicts_____

4241

4251

and the table of contents to "PART VI.-PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS" of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

173. Attachment in postal suits___

2710

a new chapter reference as follows:

175. Civil commitment and rehabilitation of narcotic

addicts..

2901

SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica- Separability tion thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,

the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 605. Title I of this Act shall take effect three Effective dates months after the date of its enactment, and shall apply to any case pending in a district court of the United States in which an appearance has not been made prior to such effective date. Titles II and V of this Act shall take effect three months after the date of its enactment and shall apply to any case pending in any court of the United States in which sentence has not yet been imposed as of such effective date. Title III of this Act shall take effect three months after the date of its enactment.

• Sec. 601 of P.L. 89-793 amends sec. 341 of the Public Health Service Act.

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31 F.R. 8855 Appropriation

SEC. 606. The provisions of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966.7 SEC. 607. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

7 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966 (printed in the Appendix) transferred all statutory powers and functions of the Surgeon General, and other officers of the Public Health Service, to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The provisions of this Act should be read in the light of this transfer of statutory functions.

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