21 USC 2332 – Authorization of appropriations
(a) Department of the Treasury
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 to carry out operations and activities of the Department of the Treasury solely for purposes of carrying out this chapter.
(b) Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking
Terms Used In 21 USC 2332
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 1403 for fiscal year 2020 [133 Stat. 1711] and available for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501 [133 Stat. 2086], the Secretary of Defense may, notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, transfer $5,000,000 to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking established under section 7221 [133 Stat. 2270] in order to carry out the duties of the Commission.
(c) Supplement not supplant
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts available to carry out operations and activities described in such subsections.
(d) Notification requirement
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President notifies the appropriate committees of Congress of the President’s intention to obligate such funds.
(e) Appropriate committees of Congress defined
In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.