Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§6742 Prohibition relating to low concentrations of Schedules 2 and 3 chemicals
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - REPORTS › § 6742
Summary
People in the United States don't have to report or allow routine inspections about a substance if it contains under 10% of Schedule 2 chemicals or under 80% of Schedule 3 chemicals. Measure concentrations by volume and by weight and use the smaller percent.
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Title 22, §6742
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no person located in the United States shall be required to report on, or to submit to, any routine inspection conducted for the purpose of verifying the production, possession, consumption, exportation, importation, or proposed production, possession, consumption, exportation, or importation of any substance that contains less than—
(1)10 percent concentration of a Schedule 2 chemical; or
(2)80 percent concentration of a Schedule 3 chemical.
(b)The percent concentration of a chemical in a substance shall be measured on the basis of volume or total weight, which measurement yields the lesser percent.
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see
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note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.
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22 U.S.C. § 6742
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73