§957 — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

Summary

You may not bring into the United States, or send out of the United States, any controlled substance or List I chemical. Some people do not have to register and may lawfully hold these drugs or chemicals. Those include agents or employees of importers or exporters who are registered under section 958 when they are doing their normal jobs; common or contract carriers, warehousemen, or their employees when possession is part of their business; and an ultimate user who has the substance for the purpose in section 802(25) and under an exemption in section 956(a). The Attorney General may make rules to waive registration for certain importers and exporters if it is consistent with public health and safety and may allow them to possess these items for import or export.

Title 21, §957

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(a)No person may—

(1)import into the customs territory of the United States from any place outside thereof (but within the United States), or import into the United States from any place outside thereof, any controlled substance or list I chemical, or

(2)export from the United States any controlled substance or list I chemical,

(b)(1)The following persons shall not be required to register under the provisions of this section and may lawfully possess a controlled substance or list I chemical:

(A)An agent or an employee of any importer or exporter registered under section 958 of this title if such agent or employee is acting in the usual course of his business or employment.

(B)A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance or list I chemical is in the usual course of his business or employment.

(C)An ultimate user who possesses such substance for a purpose specified in section 802(25) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title and in conformity with an exemption granted under section 956(a) of this title.

(2)The Attorney General may, by regulation, waive the requirement for registration of certain importers and exporters if he finds it consistent with the public health and safety; and may authorize any such importer or exporter to possess controlled substances or list I chemicals for purposes of importation and exportation.

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section 802(25) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(C), was redesignated section 802(26) of this title by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 507(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2071, and was further redesignated section 802(27) of this title by Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1003(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–6.

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(e)(1)(A), inserted “or list I chemical” after “controlled substance”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(e)(1)(B), substituted “or list I chemical,” for “in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V,”. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(e)(2)(A), inserted “or list I chemical” after “controlled substance” in introductory provisions and subpar. (B). Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(e)(2)(B), inserted “or list I chemicals” after “controlled substances”. 1984—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98–473 inserted reference to schedule V.

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Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–200 effective on date that is 120 days after Dec. 17, 1993, see section 11 of Pub. L. 103–200, set out as a note under section 802 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as a under section 951 of this title. Provisional Registration Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1104, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1294, as amended by Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095, provided that: “(a)(1) Any person—“(A) who is engaged in importing or exporting any controlled substance on the day before the

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of section 1007 [May 1, 1971], “(B) who notifies the Attorney General that he is so engaged, and “(C) who is registered on such day under section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [section 360 of this title] or under section 4722 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954, section 4722 of title 26], shall, with respect to each establishment for which such registration is in effect under any such section, be deemed to have a provisional registration under section 1008 [section 958 of this title] for the import or export (as the case may be) of controlled substances. “(2) During the period his provisional registration is in effect under this section, the registration number assigned such person under such section 510 or under such section 4722 (as the case may be) shall be his registration number for purposes of part A of this title [this subchapter]. “(b) The provisions of section 304 [section 824 of this title], relating to suspension and revocation of registration, shall apply to a provisional registration under this section. “(c) Unless sooner suspended or revoked under subsection (b), a provisional registration of a person under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be in effect until—“(1) the date on which such person has registered with the Attorney General under section 1008 [section 958 of this title] or has had his registration denied under such section, or “(2) such date as may be prescribed by the Attorney General for registration of importers or exporters, as the case may be, whichever occurs first.”

§957 Persons required to register

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Title 21, §957

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