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[CITE: 21USC957]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--IMPORT AND EXPORT
 
Sec. 957. Persons required to register


(a) Coverage

    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,

unless there is in effect with respect to such person a registration 
issued by the Attorney General under section 958 of this title, or 
unless such person is exempt from registration under subsection (b) of 
this section.

(b) Exemptions

    (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) \1\ of this title and in conformity 
    with an exemption granted under section 956(a) of this title.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.

    (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.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title III, Sec. 1007, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1288; 
Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 523, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2076; Pub. 
L. 103-200, Sec. 3(e), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2337.)

                       References in Text

    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, 
Sec. 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, 
Sec. 1003(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-6.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-200, Sec. 3(e)(1)(A), inserted 
``or list I chemical'' after ``controlled substance''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-200, Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 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.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment 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.


                        Provisional Registration

    Section 1104 of Pub. L. 91-513, as amended by Pub. L. 99-514, 
Sec. 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 effective date 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.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 954, 960, 965 of this title.
