The amendment takes effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 402, Sec. 402.
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The amendment takes effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022
“The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022.”
The section gives the amendment made by subsection (a) retroactive effect, treating it as though it had been enacted on December 29, 2022. This Act itself was approved on December 1, 2025.
What the document actually says
“The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022.”
That sentence, in plain words
The change counts from an earlier day. That day is December 29, 2022. It is treated as if it was law then.
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