Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
§ 954. Transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances
Statutory text
Notwithstanding sections 952, 953, and 957 of this title—
A controlled substance in schedule I may—
be imported into the United States for transshipment to another country, or
be transferred or transshipped from one vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to another vessel, vehicle, or aircraft within the United States for immediate exportation,
if and only if it is so imported, transferred, or transshipped (i) for scientific, medical, or other legitimate purposes in the country of destination, and (ii) with the prior written approval of the Attorney General (which shall be granted or denied within 21 days of the request).
A controlled substance in schedule II, III, or IV may be so imported, transferred, or transshipped if and only if advance notice is given to the Attorney General in accordance with regulations of the Attorney General.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act
Pub. L. 91–513 title III § 1004 · 84 Stat. 1236
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 954
(Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1004, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1287.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1004, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1287.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1004. transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances Notwithstanding sections 1002, 1003, and 1007— (1) A controlled substance in schedule I may— (A) be imported into the United States for transshipment to another country, or (B) be transferred or transshipped from one vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to another vessel, vehicle, or aircraft within the United States for immediate exportation, if and only if it is so imported, transferred, or transshipped (i) for scientific, medical, or other legitimate purposes in the country of destination, and (ii) with the prior written approval of the Attorney General (which shall be granted or denied within 21 days of the request). (2) A controlled substance in schedule II, III, or IV may be so imported, transferred, or transshipped if and only if advance notice is given to the Attorney General in accordance with regulations of the Attorney General.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Schedules I, II, III, and IV, referred to in text, are set out in section 812(c) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after , see 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as a under section 951 of this title.