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Assistance.

Confidential lnformation»

PUBLIC LAW 91-513-OCT. 27, 1970

[84 STAT.

(1) arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances; (2) cooperate in the institution and prosecution of cases in the courts of the United States and before the licensing boards and courts of the several States; (3) conduct training programs on controlled substance law enforcement for local, State, and Federal personnel; (4) maintain in the Department of Justice a unit which will accept, catalog, file, and otherwise utilize all information and statistics, including records of controlled substance abusers and other controlled substance law oifenders, which may be received from Federal, State, and local agencies, and make such information available for Federal, State, and local law enforcement purposes; and (5) conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted. (b) When recjuested by the Attorney General, it shall be the duty of any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government to furnish assistance, including technical advice, to him for carrying out his functions under this title; except that no such agency or instrumentality shall be required to furnish the name of, or other identifying information about, a patient or research subject whose identity it has undertaken to keep confidential. ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Appointment.

SEC. 504. The Attorney General may from time to time appoint committees to advise him with respect to preventing and controlling the Compensation, abuse of controlled substances. Members of the committees may be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $100 for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual Travel expenses, performance of duties. While traveling on official business in the peretc. formance of duties for the committees, members of the committees shall be allowed expenses of travel, including per diem instead of subsistence, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 80 Stat. 498; United States Code. 83 Stat. 190. 5 USC 5701.

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

80 Stat. 381. 5 USC 551.

SEC. 505. (a) In carrying out his functions under this title, the Attorney General may hold hearings, sign and issue subpenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place in the United States. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, notice shall be given and hearings shall be conducted under appropriate procedures of subchapter II of chapter 5, title 5, United States Code. SUBPENAS

SEC. 506. (a) In any investigation relating to his functions under this title with respect to controlled substances, the Attorney General may subpena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of any records (including Dooks, papers, documents, and other tangible things which constitute or contain evidence) which the Attorney General finds relevant or material to the investigation. The attendance of witnesses and the production of records may be required from any place in any State or in any territory

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