PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 1803 "PART FF—OFFENDER REENTRY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT "Sec. 2976. Adult Offender State and Local Reentry Demonstration Projects. "Sec. 2977. State reentry project evaluation.". Subtitle E—Other Matters SEC. 2501. AMENDMENT TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Section 303(g)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking "on October 17, 2000," and all that follows through "such drugs," and inserting "on the date of approval by the Food and Drug Administration of a drug in schedule III, IV, or V, a State may not preclude a practitioner from dispensing or prescribing such drug, or combination of such drugs,"; and (2) in subparagraph (J)(i), by striking "October 17, 2000," and inserting "the date referred to in subparagraph (I),". SEC. 2502. STLT)Y OF METHAMPHETAMINE TREATMENT. Section 3633 of the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 1236) is amended by striking "the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences" and inserting "the National Institute on Drug Abuse". SEC. 2503. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR DEA POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 for regional antidrug training by the Drug Enforcement Administration for law enforcement entities (including police, border control, and other entities engaged in drug interdiction and narcotics control efforts), as well as increased precursor chemical control efforts in the South and Central Asia region. SEC. 2504. UNITED STATES-THAILAND DRUG PROSECUTOR EXCHANGE PROGRAM. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.— The Attorney General shall establish an exchange program in which prosecutors, judges, or policy makers from the Kingdom of Thailand participate in an exchange program to observe Federal prosecutors in an effort to learn about the various rules and procedures used to prosecute violations of federal criminal narcotics laws. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $75,000 for fiscal year 2003 and $75,000 for fiscal year 2004. TITLE III—SAFEGUARDING THE INTEG- RITY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYS- TEM SEC. 3001. INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR USING PHYSICAL FORCE TO TAMPER WITH WITNESSES, VICTIMS, OR INFORM- ANTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1512 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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