increase in the amount of such chemical that the reg-
istrant is authorized to import, and the Attorney General 
may approve the application if the Attorney General deter-
mines that the approval is necessary to provide for med-
ical, scientific, or other legitimate purposes regarding the 
chemical. 
‘‘(2) With respect to the application under paragraph 
(1): 
‘‘(A) Not later than 60 days after receiving the 
application, the Attorney General shall approve or 
deny the application. 
‘‘(B) In approving the application, the Attorney 
General shall specify the period of time for which 
the approval is in effect, or shall provide that the 
approval is effective until the registrant involved is 
notified in writing by the Attorney General that the 
approval is terminated. 
‘‘(C) If the Attorney General does not approve 
or deny the application before the expiration of the 
60-day period under subparagraph (A), the applica-
tion is deemed to be approved, and such approval re-
mains in effect until the Attorney General notifies 
the registrant in writing that the approval is termi-
nated.
‘‘(e) Each reference in this section to ephedrine, 
pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine includes each of 
the salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers of 
such chemical.’’. 
SEC. 105. NOTICE OF IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION; AP-
PROVAL OF SALE OR TRANSFER BY IM-
PORTER OR EXPORTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1018 of the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 971) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘or to an importation by a regular im-
porter’’ and inserting ‘‘or to a transaction that is an 
importation by a regular importer’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A) Information provided in a notice under 
subsection (a) or (b) shall include the name of the person 
to whom the importer or exporter involved intends to 
transfer the listed chemical involved. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a notice under subsection (b) sub-
mitted by a regular importer, if the transferee identified 
in the notice is not a regular customer, such importer may
not transfer the listed chemical until after the expiration 
of the 15-day period beginning on the date on which the 
notice is submitted to the Attorney General. 
‘‘(C) After a notice under subsection (a) or (b) is sub-
mitted to the Attorney General, if circumstances change 
and the importer or exporter will not be transferring the 
listed chemical to the transferee identified in the notice, 
the importer or exporter shall update the notice to identify 
the most recent prospective transferee and may not trans-
fer the listed chemical until after the expiration of the 15- 
day period beginning on the date on which the update is 
submitted to the Attorney General, except that such 15- 
day restriction does not apply if the prospective transferee 
identified in the update is a regular customer. The pre-
ceding sentence applies with respect to changing cir-
cumstances regarding a transferee identified in an update 
to the same extent and in the same manner as such sen-
tence applies with respect to changing circumstances re-
garding a transferee identified in the original notice under 
subsection (a) or (b). 
‘‘(D) In the case of a transfer of a listed chemical 
that is subject to a 15-day restriction under subparagraph 
(B) or (C), the transferee involved shall, upon the expira-
tion of the 15-day period, be considered to qualify as a