21 USC § 864a - Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia

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title: "21 USC § 864a - Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "864a"
section_name: "Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Offenses and Penalties"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14203, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1458; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14203, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2220.)"
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# § 864a. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia

**(a)** **Definitions** In this section:

**(1)** **Eligible entity** The term “eligible entity” means—

**(A)** a producer of agricultural commodities;

**(B)** a cooperative association, a majority of the members of which produce or process agricultural commodities; or

**(C)** a person in the trade or business of—

**(i)** selling an agricultural product (including an agricultural chemical) at retail, predominantly to farmers and ranchers; or

**(ii)** aerial and ground application of an agricultural chemical.

**(2)** **Nurse tank** The term “nurse tank” shall be considered to be a cargo tank (within the meaning of section 173.315(m) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act).

**(b)** **Grant authority** The Secretary may make a grant to an eligible entity to enable the eligible entity to obtain and add to an anhydrous ammonia fertilizer nurse tank a physical lock or a substance to reduce the amount of methamphetamine that can be produced from any anhydrous ammonia removed from the nurse tank.

**(c)** **Grant amount** The amount of a grant made under this section to an eligible entity shall be the product obtained by multiplying—

**(1)** an amount not less than $40 and not more than $60, as determined by the Secretary; and

**(2)** the number of fertilizer nurse tanks of the eligible entity.

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to make grants under this section $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14203, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1458; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14203, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2220.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the Controlled Substances Act which comprises this subchapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under , Agriculture.

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see , Agriculture.