To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 402, Sec. 402.
Written by .
A duplicated subsection letter is fixed
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 402 in the PDF
What the document says
“by redesignating the second subsection designated as subsection (l) as subsection (m)”
The section renumbers the second of two subsections both labelled (l) in section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act as subsection (m). The rest of the section's amendments then run to that renumbered subsection.
What the document actually says
“by redesignating the second subsection designated as subsection (l) as subsection (m)”
That sentence, in plain words
Two parts of an older law had the same letter. One of them gets a new letter. It was (l) and is now (m).
What this is about
Two parts with the same label are hard to cite. A reader cannot tell which one is meant. Giving one a new letter clears that up.
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