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 120 STAT. 256 18 USC 3056A note.

PUBLIC LAW 109–177—MAR. 9, 2006

SEC. 606. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

(a) This title does not affect the retirement benefits of current employees or annuitants that existed on the day before the effective date of this Act. (b) This title does not affect any Executive order transferring to the Secretary of State the authority of section 208 of title 3 (now section 3056A(d) of title 18) in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act. SEC. 607. MAINTENANCE AS DISTINCT ENTITY.

Section 3056 of title 18 is amended by adding the following at the end of the section: ‘‘(g) The United States Secret Service shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the Department of Homeland Security and shall not be merged with any other Department function. No personnel and operational elements of the United States Secret Service shall report to an individual other than the Director of the United States Secret Service, who shall report directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security without being required to report through any other official of the Department.’’. SEC. 608. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.

(a) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGARDING PROTECTION OF MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.—Section 3056(a)(7) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘The Committee shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).’’ after ‘‘other members of the Committee.’’. (b) ELECTRONIC CRIMES TASK FORCES.—Section 105 of Public Law 107–56 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘The electronic crimes task forces shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).’’ after ‘‘financial payment systems.’’. Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005. 21 USC 801 note.

TITLE VII—COMBAT METHAMPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC ACT OF 2005 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005’’.

Subtitle A—Domestic Regulation of Precursor Chemicals SEC. 711. SCHEDULED LISTED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; RESTRICTIONS ON SALES QUANTITY, BEHIND-THE-COUNTER ACCESS, AND OTHER SAFEGUARDS.

(a) SCHEDULED LISTED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraph (46) as paragraph (49); and

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