regular customer, unless the Attorney General otherwise 
notifies the importer or exporter involved in writing. 
‘‘(2) With respect to a transfer of a listed chemical 
with which a notice or update referred to in paragraph 
(1) is concerned: 
‘‘(A) The Attorney General, in accordance with 
the same procedures as apply under subsection 
(c)(2)— 
‘‘(i) may order the suspension of the trans-
fer of the listed chemical by the importer or ex-
porter involved, except for a transfer to a reg-
ular customer, on the ground that the chemical 
may be diverted to the illegal or clandestine 
manufacture of a controlled substance, subject 
to the Attorney General ordering such suspen-
sion before the expiration of the 15-day period 
referred to in paragraph (1) with respect to the 
importation or exportation (in any case in 
which such a period applies); and 
‘‘(ii) may, for purposes of clause (i) and 
paragraph (1), disqualify a regular customer on 
such ground. 
‘‘(B) From and after the time when the Attor-
ney General provides written notice of the order 
under subparagraph (A) (including a statement of
the legal and factual basis for the order) to the im-
porter or exporter, the importer or exporter may not 
carry out the transfer. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The terms ‘importer’ and ‘exporter’ mean 
a regulated person who imports or exports a listed 
chemical, respectively. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘transfer’, with respect to a list-
ed chemical, includes the sale of the chemical. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘transferee’ means a person to 
whom an importer or exporter transfers a listed 
chemical.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1010(d)(5) of the 
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 
U.S.C. 960(d)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
1018(e)(2) or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) or 
(3) of section 1018(f)’’. 
(2) CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES
ACT.—Section 
310(b)(3)(D)(v) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 830(b)(3)(D)(v)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 
1018(e)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1018(f)(2)’’.
SEC. 106. ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTA-
TION AND OF REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE OF 
TRANSFER. 
Section 1010(d)(6) of the Controlled Substances Im-
port and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(d)(6)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) imports a listed chemical in violation of 
section 1002, imports or exports such a chemical in 
violation of section 1007 or 1018, or transfers such 
a chemical in violation of section 1018(d); or’’. 
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL REG-
ULATION 
OF 
PRECURSOR 
CHEMICALS 
SEC. 201. INFORMATION ON FOREIGN CHAIN OF DISTRIBU-
TION; IMPORT RESTRICTIONS REGARDING 
FAILURE OF DISTRIBUTORS TO COOPERATE. 
Section 1018 of the Controlled Substances Import 
and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 971), as amended by section 
105(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) With respect to a registered person importing 
ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine (re-
ferred to in this section as an ‘importer’), a notice of im-
portation under subsection (a) or (b) shall include all in-
formation known to the importer on the chain of distribu-
tion of such chemical from the manufacturer to the im-
porter. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of preventing or responding to 
the diversion of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenyl-
propanolamine for use in the illicit production of meth-
amphetamine, the Attorney General may, in the case of 
any person who is a manufacturer or distributor of such 
chemical in the chain of distribution referred to in para-
graph (1) (which person is referred to in this subsection 
as a ‘foreign-chain distributor’), request that such dis-
tributor provide to the Attorney General information 
known to the distributor on the distribution of the chem-
ical, including sales. 
‘‘(3) If the Attorney General determines that a for-
eign-chain distributor is refusing to cooperate with the At-
torney General in obtaining the information referred to in 
paragraph (2), the Attorney General may, in accordance 
with procedures that apply under subsection (c), issue an 
order 
prohibiting 
the 
importation 
of 
ephedrine, 
pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine in any case in 
which such distributor is part of the chain of distribution 
for such chemical. Not later than 60 days prior to issuing 
the order, the Attorney General shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a notice of intent to issue the order. During 
such 60-day period, imports of the chemical with respect