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617:(c) (1) Attorney General may order the suspension of any Commerce and importation or exportation of a listed chemical or may disqualify any regular customer or regular supplier on the ground that the chemical may be diverted to the clandestine manufacture of a controlled substance. From and after the time when the Attorney General provides written notice of the order (including a statement of the legal and factual basis for the order) to the regulated person, the regulated person may not carry out the transaction.
603:(b) (1) Attorney General shall provide by regulation for circumstances in which the requirement does not apply to a transaction between a regulated person and a regular customer or regular supplier of the regulated person. At the time of any importation or exportation constituting a transaction referred to in the preceding sentence, the regulated person shall notify the Attorney General of the transaction.
473:(2) A record shall be retrievable and shall include the date of the regulated transaction, the identity of each party to the regulated transaction, a statement of the quantity and form of the listed chemical, a description of the tableting machine or encapsulating machine, and a description of the method of transfer. Such record shall be available for inspection and copying by the
909:(A) a distribution, receipt, sale, importation or exportation of a threshold amount, including a cumulative threshold amount for multiple transactions (as determined by the Attorney General, in consultation with the chemical industry and taking into consideration the quantities normally used for lawful purposes), of a listed chemical, except that such term does not include —
606:(2) Regulations under this subsection shall provide that the initial notification with respect to a customer or supplier of a regulated person shall, upon the expiration of the 15-day period, qualify the customer as a regular customer or regular supplier, unless the Attorney General otherwise notifies the regulated person in writing.
682:(2) imports or exports a listed chemical knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of this title or, in the case of an exportation, in violation of the law of the country to which the chemical is exported shall be fined in accordance with
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The term 'listed precursor chemical' means a chemical specified by regulation of the
Attorney General as a chemical that is used in manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this title and is critical to the creation of the controlled substances, and such term includes (until otherwise
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Each report shall be made at the earliest practicable opportunity after the regulated person becomes aware of the circumstance involved. A regulated person may not complete a transaction with a person whose description or identifying characteristic is furnished to the regulated person unless the
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chemicals, essential chemicals, tableting machines, and encapsulating machines by imposing record keeping and import/export reporting requirements on transactions involving these materials. Prior to these restrictions being put in place, the U.S. had been the primary source of chemicals used in
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in manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this title, and such term includes (until otherwise specified by regulation of the
Attorney General, as considered appropriate by the Attorney General or upon petition to the Attorney General by any person) the following chemicals:
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498:(1) any regulated transaction involving an extraordinary quantity of a listed chemical, an uncommon method of payment or delivery, or any other circumstance that the regulated person believes may indicate that the listed chemical will be used in violation of this title
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cocaine manufacture. According to the DEA, the Act sharply reduced these precursor exports and cocaine manufacturers responded by purchasing from chemical suppliers outside the U.S. The U.S. in turn successfully lobbied for inclusion of chemical controls in the 1988
562:(B) issue guidelines that limit, to the maximum extent feasible, the disclosure of proprietary business information, including the names or identities of United States exporters of listed chemicals, to any person to whom such information is disclosed under this Act
679:(1) imports or exports a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of this title or, in the case of an exportation, in violation of the law of the country to which the chemical is exported.
624:, United States Code. The hearing shall be held on an expedited basis and not later than 45 days after the request is made, except that the hearing may be held at a later time, if so requested by the regulated person.
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Attorney General. The Attorney General shall make available to regulated persons guidance documents describing transactions and circumstances for which reports are required by this Act.
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620:(2) Upon written request to the Attorney General, a regulated person to whom an order applies is entitled to an agency hearing on the record in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of
915:(II) a delivery of a listed chemical to or by a common or contract carrier for carriage in the lawful and usual course of the business of the common or contract carrier, or to or by a
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Attorney General shall specify by regulation the types of documents and other evidence that constitute proof of identity for purposes of this Act.
923:(III) any category of transaction specified by regulation of the Attorney General (as excluded from this definition as unnecessary for enforcement of this title or Title III)
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535:(2) Information referred to a regulated transaction involving a listed chemical, a tableting machine, or an encapsulating machine may be disclosed only —
926:(IV) any transaction in a listed chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the
495:(b) Each regulated person shall report to the Attorney General, in such form and manner as the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation —
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another chemical that is present solely as an impurity.
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43:Alcohol and Drug Traffic Safety Act of 1988
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301:House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs
94:National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988
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97:Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988
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702:Controlled Substances Act is amended —
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399:Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act
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956:Chemical Diversion Control Program
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1004:References
861:2-Butanone
781:Piperidine
746:Ergotamine
739:Ergonovine
275:Introduced
170:Public law
117:Long title
728:Ephedrine
540:Title III
450:tableting
407:precursor
248:21 U.S.C.
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684:Title 18
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813:reagent
809:solvent
622:Title 5
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