§ 201. — Short title.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 27USC201]
TITLE 27--INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 201. Short title
This subchapter may be cited as the ``Federal Alcohol Administration
Act''.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title I, Sec. 101, formerly Sec. 1, 49 Stat.
977; renumbered title I, Sec. 101, and amended Pub. L. 100-690, title
VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(1), (2), (b)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4517,
4521.)
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 8001(b)(1), amended section generally,
substituting ``subchapter'' for ``chapter''.
Short Title
Section 201 of title II of act Aug. 29, 1935, as added Nov. 18,
1988, Pub. L. 100-690, title VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(3), 102 Stat. 4518,
provided that: ``This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may
be cited as the `Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988'.''
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including the related functions
of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Department of Justice, see
section 531(c) of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Federal Alcohol Administration and offices of members and
Administrator thereof were abolished and their functions directed to be
administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of Treasury
through Bureau of Internal Revenue [now Internal Revenue Service] in
Department of Treasury, by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, Sec. 2, eff.
June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See also, sections 8 and
9 of said plan for provisions relating to transfer of records, property,
personnel, and funds. Section 2 of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940 was
repealed as executed by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1068, 1085, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance. Department of the Treasury Order 221 of July 1, 1972,
established the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and transferred
to it functions of the Internal Revenue Service arising under certain
laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives.
