The Federal Narcotics Control Board (FNCB) was a Prohibition era senior level law enforcement -related organization established by the United States Congress as part of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act on 26 May 1922. The Board was composed of the Secretaries of State , Treasury , and Commerce .
8-659: The duties of the board were; The duties of the board were further amended; Congressional leadership in narcotics control was handled by Steven G. Porter , chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs . The duties of the board were transferred to the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics on 14 June 1930. Each of the three departments appointed a representative to the board's Advisory Committee. This committee had no powers, and functioned solely to facilitate
16-456: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics was established a month later, all the duties and responsibilities of the Board were passed to the Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger . This United States law enforcement agency article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stephen G. Porter Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was a Republican member of
24-546: The Prohibition Bureau , was also responsible for issuing all import licenses for opium and other drugs. When Nutt was removed from his position due to the scandal surrounding his son's association with the gangster Arnold Rothstein , his position and all duties were transferred to the new acting Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger . When the Federal Narcotics Control Board was dissolved, and
32-556: The U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Porter was born near Salem, Ohio . In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh ). He attended Allegheny High School and studied medicine for two years, after which he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in December 1893 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He
40-614: The American delegation prior to the Conference's conclusion. The American delegation's proposals for more stringent drug control were rejected. Porter also served as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , in which capacity he drafted the "Porter Resolution", passed by the House, which authorized the president to place the United States' relations with China on a footing of equality. He
48-584: The board. The leadership of the board was composed of the Secretary of State , the Secretary of the Treasury , and the Secretary of Commerce . Levi Nutt was appointed by the members to be Secretary of the Board, with the vested powers of conducting correspondence on behalf of the board, and signing permits on behalf of the board. Nutt, in his dual function as Deputy Commissioner of the Narcotics Division of
56-668: Was appointed in 1921 to represent the United States House of Representatives on the advisory committee to the Washington conference on armament limitations, and he represented the United States at the centennial of Brazil ’s independence, in 1922. He was a member and chairman of the American delegation to the Second International Conference on Opium , at Geneva in 1924 and 1925, although he unexpectedly withdrew
64-736: Was city solicitor of Allegheny from 1903 to 1906. He was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1912. Porter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He was the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1913. He
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