§ 956. Exemption authority

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.

1. 1970

   Controlled Substances Import and Export Act

   Pub. L. 91–513 title III § 1006 · 84 Stat. 1236

   Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 956

   Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1006, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1288

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1006, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1288

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1006. exemption authority (a) The Attorney General may by regulation exempt from sections 1002 (a) and (b), 1003, 1004, and 1005 any individual who has a controlled substance (except a substance in schedule I) in his possession for his personal medical use, or for administration to an animal accompanying him, if he lawfully obtained such substance and he makes such declaration (or gives such other notification) as the Attorney General may by regulation require. (b) The Attorney General may by regulation except any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant or stimulant substance listed in paragraph (a) or (b) of schedule III or in schedule IV or V from the applicaton of all or any part of this title if (1) the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system, and (2) such ingredients are included therein in such combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration as to vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which do have a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system.

2. 1998

   Pub. L. 105–277 div. C title VIII § 872(a) · 112 Stat. 2681

   1. Amended · 21 U.S.C. § 956(a)

      Pub. L. 105–277 and Pub. L. 105–357 amended subsec. (a) identically

   2. Amended · 21 U.S.C. § 956(a)

      Pub. L. 105–277 and Pub. L. 105–357 designating existing provisions as par. (1)

   3. Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 956(a)

      Pub. L. 105–277 and Pub. L. 105–357 substituting “Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General” for “The Attorney General”

   4. Added · 21 U.S.C. § 956(a)

      Pub. L. 105–277 and Pub. L. 105–357 adding par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277 and Pub. L. 105–357 amended subsec. (a) identically, designating existing provisions as par. (1), substituting “Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General” for “The Attorney General”, and adding par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Amendment.— Section 1006(a) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 956(a)) is amended— (1) by striking “The Attorney General” and inserting “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Notwithstanding any exemption under paragraph (1), a United States resident who enters the United States through an international land border with a controlled substance (except a substance in schedule I) for which the individual does not possess a valid prescription issued by a practitioner (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) in accordance with applicable Federal and State law (or documentation that verifies the issuance of such a prescription to that individual) may not import the controlled substance into the United States in an amount that exceeds 50 dosage units of the controlled substance.”.

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