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[CITE: 21USC1904]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 24--INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
 
Sec. 1904. Blocking assets and prohibiting transactions


(a) Applicability of sanctions

    A significant foreign narcotics trafficker publicly identified in 
the report required under subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of 
this title and foreign persons designated by the Secretary of the 
Treasury pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to 
any and all sanctions as authorized by this chapter. The application of 
sanctions on any foreign person pursuant to subsection (b) or (h)(1) of 
section 1903 of this title or subsection (b) of this section shall 
remain in effect until revoked pursuant to section 1903(h)(2) of this 
title or subsection (e)(1)(A) of this section or waived pursuant to 
section 1903(g)(1) of this title.

(b) Blocking of assets

    Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, instructions, 
licenses, or directives issued pursuant to this chapter, and 
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 
granted prior to the date on which the President submits the report 
required under subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of this title, 
there are blocked as of such date, and any date thereafter, all such 
property and interests in property within the United States, or within 
the possession or control of any United States person, which are owned 
or controlled by--
        (1) any significant foreign narcotics trafficker publicly 
    identified by the President in the report required under subsection 
    (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of this title;
        (2) any foreign person that the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
    consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Central 
    Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
    the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the 
    Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, designates as 
    materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological 
    support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the 
    international narcotics trafficking activities of a significant 
    foreign narcotics trafficker so identified in the report required 
    under subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of this title, or 
    foreign persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant 
    to this subsection;
        (3) any foreign person that the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
    consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Central 
    Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
    the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the 
    Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, designates as 
    owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, a 
    significant foreign narcotics trafficker so identified in the report 
    required under subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of this 
    title, or foreign persons designated by the Secretary of the 
    Treasury pursuant to this subsection; and
        (4) any foreign person that the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
    consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Central 
    Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
    the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the 
    Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, designates as 
    playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking.

(c) Prohibited transactions

    Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, instructions, 
licenses, or directives issued pursuant to this chapter, and 
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 
granted prior to the date on which the President submits the report 
required under subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 of this title, 
the following transactions are prohibited:
        (1) Any transaction or dealing by a United States person, or 
    within the United States, in property or interests in property of 
    any significant foreign narcotics trafficker so identified in the 
    report required pursuant to subsection (b) or (h)(1) of section 1903 
    of this title, and foreign persons designated by the Secretary of 
    the Treasury pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
        (2) Any transaction or dealing by a United States person, or 
    within the United States, that evades or avoids, or has the effect 
    of evading or avoiding, and any endeavor, attempt, or conspiracy to 
    violate, any of the prohibitions contained in this chapter.

(d) Law enforcement and intelligence activities not affected

    Nothing in this chapter prohibits or otherwise limits the authorized 
law enforcement or intelligence activities of the United States, or the 
law enforcement activities of any State or subdivision thereof.

(e) Implementation

    (1) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 
of State, is authorized to take such actions as may be necessary to 
carry out this chapter, including--
        (A) making those designations authorized by paragraphs (2), (3), 
    and (4) of subsection (b) of this section and revocation thereof;
        (B) promulgating rules and regulations permitted under this 
    chapter; and
        (C) employing all powers conferred on the Secretary of the 
    Treasury under this chapter.

    (2) Each agency of the United States shall take all appropriate 
measures within its authority to carry out the provisions of this 
chapter.
    (3) Section 552(a)(3) of title 5 shall not apply to any record or 
information obtained or created in the implementation of this chapter.

(f) Judicial review

    The determinations, identifications, findings, and designations made 
pursuant to section 1903 of this title and subsection (b) of this 
section shall not be subject to judicial review.

(Pub. L. 106-120, title VIII, Sec. 805, Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1629.)
