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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1973

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REORGANIZATION PLAN N O. 2 OF 1973 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House Ma^ch"2?"973. of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 28, 1973, pursuant to ^^"^''^'"'^ ^"^^ ^' the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code. so Stat. 393. Law Enforcement in Illicit Drug Activities 1. Transfers to the Attorney General. There are hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Department of the Treasury, and any other officer or any agency of the Department of the Treasury, to the Attorney General all intelligence, investigative, and law enforcement functions, vested by law in the Secretary, the Department, officers, or agencies which relate to the suppression of illicit traffic in narcotics, dangerous drugs, or marihuana, except that the Secretary shall retain, and continue to perform, those functions, to the extent that they relate to searches and seizures of illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, or marihuana or to the apprehension or detention of persons in connection therewith, at regular inspection locations at ports of entry or anywhere along the land or water borders of the United States: Provided, that any illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, marihuana, or related evidence seized, and any person apprehended or detained by the Secretary or any officer of the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to the authority retained in them by virtue of this section, shall be turned over forthwith tothe jurisdiction of the Attorney General; Proyfc?^c?/MrfA^r^ that nothing SECTION

in this section shall be construed as limiting in any way any authority vested by law in the Secretary of the Treasury, the Department of the Treasury, or any other officer or any agency of that Department on the effective date of this Plan with respect to contraband other than illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, and marihuana: and Provided further, that nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any way any authority the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of that Department may otherwise have to make investigations or engage in law enforcement activities, including activities relating to the suppression of illicit traffic in narcotics, dangerous drugs, and marihuana, at ports of entry or along the land and water borders of the United States. SEC. 2. Transfers to the Secretary of the Treasury. There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury all functions vested by law in the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of that Department, with respect to the inspection at regular inspection locations at ports of entry of persons, and documents of persons, entering or leaving the United States: Provided, that any person apprehended or detained by the Secretary or his designee pursuant

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