---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 1115"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "1115"
heading: "Notice relating to the control of dangerous drugs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/1115"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation"
  - "Subchapter II — Drug Abuse Policy Coordination"
---

# §1115. Notice relating to the control of dangerous drugs


Whenever the Attorney General determines that there is evidence that—

- (1) a drug or other substance, which is not a controlled substance (as defined in [section 802(6) of this title](/usc/21/802.md?p=6)), has a potential for abuse, or
- (2) a controlled substance should be transferred or removed from a schedule under [section 812 of this title](/usc/21/812.md),

he shall, prior to initiating any proceeding under [section 811(a) of this title](/usc/21/811.md?p=a), give the President timely notice of such determination. Information forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to [section 811(f) of this title](/usc/21/811.md?p=f) shall also be forwarded by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the President.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–255, title II, § 201, formerly § 205, as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1311; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 973(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 598; renumbered § 201, Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4187.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 201 of Pub. L. 92–255, title II, as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1310; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1306, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2170, related to concentration of Federal effort in drug abuse prevention, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4187.

A prior section 1115, Pub. L. 92–255, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 94–237, § 4(b), Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 242, which provided for employment, functions, and travel expenses of employees, was omitted in the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–181, § 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.

Another prior section 1115, Pub. L. 92–255, title II, § 205, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 68, provided for the delegation of functions by the Director, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 104, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 67, eff. June 30, 1975.

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1118 of this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–181, § 4, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.

### Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.