{"data":{"id":"us/21-u.s.c.-862b","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 U.S.C. § 862b","heading":"Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled substances","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States shall not be prohibited by the Federal Government from testing welfare recipients for use of controlled substances nor from sanctioning welfare recipients who test positive for use of controlled substances.","path":["Title 21—FOOD AND DRUGS","CHAPTER 13—DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc21@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:48Z","sha256":"b70c192e6d4aee14ab28084e937367ec8e687821275e4eb59e507345865e13c6","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/21-u.s.c.-862a","next":"us/21-u.s.c.-863"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
