cumstances shall be deemed to exist for all seizures 
brought under this section, and in such cases, the sum-
mons and arrest warrant shall be issued by the clerk of 
the court without court review.’’. 
SEC. 4. DEBARRING VIOLATIVE INDIVIDUALS OR COMPA-
NIES. 
(a) PROHIBITED ACT.—Section 301(cc) of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331(cc)) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘an article of food’’ the 
following: ‘‘or a drug’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘a person debarred’’ the 
following: ‘‘from such activity’’. 
(b) DEBARMENT.—Section 306(b) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 335a(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (2) or (3)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) a person from importing or offering 
to import into the United States— 
‘‘(i) a controlled substance as defined 
in section 102(6) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act; or 
‘‘(ii) any drug, if such drug is de-
clared to be valued at an amount that is 
$2,500 or less (or such higher amount as 
the Secretary of the Treasury may set by 
regulation pursuant to section 498(a)(1) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930), or if such drug is 
entering the United States by mail.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading after 
‘‘FOOD’’ by inserting ‘‘OR DRUG’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
moving the indentation of each such clause two 
ems to the right; 
(C) after making the amendments required 
by subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘A person is 
subject’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) FOOD.—A person is subject’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) IMPORTATION OF DRUGS.—A person 
is subject to debarment under paragraph (1)(D) 
if— 
‘‘(i) the person has been convicted of 
a felony for conduct relating to the impor-
tation into the United States of any drug 
or controlled substance (as defined in sec-
tion 102 of the Controlled Substances 
Act); or 
‘‘(ii) the person has engaged in a pat-
tern of importing or offering for import ar-
ticles of drug that are— 
‘‘(I)(aa) adulterated, misbranded, 
or in violation of section 505; and 
‘‘(bb) present a threat of serious 
adverse health consequences or death 
to humans or animals; or 
‘‘(II) controlled substances whose 
importation is prohibited pursuant to 
section 401(m) of the Tariff Act of 
1930. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (B), the term ‘pattern of importing 
or offering for import articles of drug’ means 
importing or offering for import articles of drug
described in subclause (I) or (II) of subpara-
graph (B)(ii) in an amount, frequency, or dos-
age that is inconsistent with personal or house-
hold use by the importer.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5752 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act with respect to the importation of certain 
drugs, and for other purposes.