21-U.S.C.-1713

§1713 – Authorization of Use of Environmentally-Approved Herbicides to Eliminate Illicit Narcotics Crops

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Title 21 > Chapter 22 > Section 1713

Details

• Reference: Section 1713
• Legend: §1713 – Authorization of Use of Environmentally-Approved Herbicides to Eliminate Illicit Narcotics Crops
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are authorized to support the development and use of environmentally-approved herbicides to eliminate illicit narcotics crops, including coca, cannabis, and opium poppy, both in the United States and in foreign countries.

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title VIII, §834, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–702.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, and not as part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 which comprises this chapter.

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