21 USC § 2012 - Establishment of clearinghouse and advisory council

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s2012"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 2012 - Establishment of clearinghouse and advisory council"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "2012"
section_name: "Establishment of clearinghouse and advisory council"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS ANTI-DRUG ABUSE PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–469, title X, § 1003, Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3538.)"
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# § 2012. Establishment of clearinghouse and advisory council

**(a)** **Clearinghouse** There is established, under the supervision of the Attorney General of the United States, an information clearinghouse to be known as the National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse.

**(b)** **Advisory council**

**(1)** **In general** There is established an advisory council to be known as the National Methamphetamine Advisory Council.

**(2)** **Membership** The Council shall consist of 10 members appointed by the Attorney General—

**(A)** not fewer than 3 of whom shall be representatives of law enforcement agencies;

**(B)** not fewer than 4 of whom shall be representatives of nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations providing services or training and implementing programs or strategies related to methamphetamines; and

**(C)** 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Health and Human Services.

**(3)** **Period of appointment; vacancies** Members shall be appointed for 3 years. Any vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

**(4)** **Personnel matters**

**(A)** **Travel expenses** The members of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Council.

**(B)** **No compensation** The members of the Council shall not receive compensation for the performance of the duties of a member of the Council.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–469, title X, § 1003, Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3538.)