‘‘(d)(1) With respect to a registrant under 
section 1008 who is authorized under sub-
section 
(a)(1) 
to 
import 
ephedrine, 
pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, 
at any time during the year the registrant 
may apply for an increase in the amount of 
such chemical that the registrant is author-
ized to import, and the Attorney General may 
approve the application if the Attorney Gen-
eral determines that the approval is nec-
essary to provide for medical, scientific, or 
other legitimate purposes regarding the 
chemical. 
‘‘(2) With respect to the application under 
paragraph (1): 
‘‘(A) Not later than 60 days after re-
ceiving the application, the Attorney 
General shall approve or deny the appli-
cation. 
‘‘(B) In approving the application, the 
Attorney General shall specify the period 
of time for which the approval is in ef-
fect, or shall provide that the approval is 
effective until the registrant involved is
notified in writing by the Attorney Gen-
eral 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 
application 
is 
deemed to be approved, and such ap-
proval remains in effect until the Attor-
ney General notifies the registrant in 
writing that the approval is terminated. 
‘‘(e) Each reference in this section to 
ephedrine, 
pseudoephedrine, 
or 
phenyl-
propanolamine includes each of the salts, op-
tical isomers, and salts of optical isomers of 
such chemical.’’. 
SEC. 106. NOTICE OF IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION; AP-
PROVAL OF SALE OR TRANSFER BY IM-
PORTER OR EXPORTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1018 of the Con-
trolled 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 importa-
tion by a regular importer’’ and inserting
‘‘or to a transaction that is an importa-
tion by a regular importer’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) 
and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respec-
tively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) 
the following subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A) Information provided in a no-
tice 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, and the quantity of 
such chemical to be transferred. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a notice under sub-
section (b) submitted 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 ex-
piration 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 submitted to the Attorney General, if 
circumstances change and the importer or ex-
porter will not be transferring the listed
chemical to the transferee identified in the 
notice, or will be transferring a greater quan-
tity of the chemical than specified in the no-
tice, the importer or exporter shall update the 
notice to identify the most recent prospective 
transferee or the most recent quantity or both 
(as the case may be) and may not transfer 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 preceding sentence applies with respect 
to changing circumstances regarding a trans-
feree or quantity identified in an update to 
the same extent and in the same manner as 
such sentence applies with respect to chang-
ing circumstances regarding a transferee or 
quantity 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 expiration of the 15-