---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 12642"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "12642"
heading: "Coordination of substance abuse treatment and prevention programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/12642"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
  - "Subchapter XII — Miscellaneous"
---

# §12642. Coordination of substance abuse treatment and prevention programs


The [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall consult with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human [Services](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-51) in establishing and carrying out the substance abuse [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) and prevention components of the programs authorized under this Act, to assure coordination of programs, eliminate duplication of efforts and enhance the effectiveness of such [services](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-51).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320401, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2114.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–322, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1796, known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 14222 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.