27 USC § 217 - Report to Congress

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title: "27 USC § 217 - Report to Congress"
title_number: 27
title_name: "INTOXICATING LIQUORS"
section_number: "217"
section_name: "Report to Congress"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-12-12"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title II, § 206, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4520.)"
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# § 217. Report to Congress

November 18, 1988section 215(a) of this title

If, after appropriate investigation and consultation with the Surgeon General carried out after the expiration of the 24-month period following , the Secretary finds that available scientific information would justify a change in, addition to, or deletion of the statement, or any part thereof, set forth in , the Secretary shall promptly report such information to the Congress together with specific recommendations for such amendments to this subchapter as the Secretary determines to be appropriate and in the public interest.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title II, § 206, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4520.)