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. 
ø‘‘(2) With respect to the application under para-
graph (1): 
ø‘‘(A) Not later than 60 days after receiving 
the application, the Attorney General shall approve 
or deny the application. 
ø‘‘(B) In approving the application, the Attor-
ney 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. 
ø‘‘(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.
ø‘‘(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.’’. 
øSEC. 105. NOTICE OF IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION; AP-
PROVAL
OF
SALE
OR
TRANSFER
BY
IM-
PORTER OR EXPORTER. 
ø(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1018 of the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 971) is 
amended— 
ø(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’’; 
ø(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
ø(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing subsection: 
ø‘‘(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. 
ø‘‘(B) In the case of a notice under subsection (b) 
submitted by a regular importer, if the transferee identi-
fied in the notice is not a regular customer, such importer
may not transfer the listed chemical until after the expira-
tion of the 15-day period beginning on the date on which 
the notice is submitted to the Attorney General. 
ø‘‘(C) After a notice under subsection (a) or (b) is 
submitted to the Attorney General, if circumstances 
change and the importer or exporter will not be transfer-
ring 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 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 transferee identified in an up-
date to the same extent and in the same manner as such 
sentence applies with respect to changing circumstances 
regarding a transferee identified in the original notice 
under subsection (a) or (b). 
ø‘‘(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