Manufacture or distribution for purpose of unlawful importation
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.
Manufacture or distribution of listed chemical for purpose of manufacture or unlawful importation of controlled substance
Possession, manufacture, or distribution by person on board aircraft
Acts committed outside territorial jurisdiction of United States
This section is intended to reach acts of manufacture or distribution committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 100984 Stat. 1289Pub. L. 99–570, title III, § 3161(a)100 Stat. 3207–94Pub. L. 104–237, title I, § 102(a)110 Stat. 3100Pub. L. 104–305, § 2(b)(2)(A)110 Stat. 3807Pub. L. 114–154, § 2130 Stat. 387Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1012(b)131 Stat. 1546(, , ; , , ; , (b), , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 812(c) of this titleSchedules I and II, referred to in subsec. (a), are set out in .
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–912017—Subsec. (d). struck out “; venue” after “United States” in heading and “Any person who violates this section shall be tried in the United States district court at the point of entry where such person enters the United States, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.” after “United States.” in text.
Pub. L. 114–154, § 2(2)2016—Subsec. (a). , substituted “It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.” for “It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or listed chemical—
“(1) intending that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States; or
“(2) knowing that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.”
Pub. L. 114–154Subsecs. (b) to (d). added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
Pub. L. 104–3051996—Subsec. (a). inserted “or flunitrazepam” after “schedule I or II” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 104–237, § 102(a), inserted “or listed chemical” after “schedule I or II” in introductory provisions and “or chemical” after “substance” in pars. (1) and (2).
Pub. L. 104–237, § 102(b)Subsec. (b). , inserted “or listed chemical” after “controlled substance” in pars. (1) and (2).
Pub. L. 99–5701986— designated first sentence as subsec. (a) and inserted “or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States” in pars. (1) and (2), added subsec. (b), and designated last two sentences as subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 91–513section 951 of this titleSection effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after , see 1105(a) of , set out as a under .