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[USC02] 21 USC 959: Possession, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substance
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21 USC 959: Possession, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substance Text contains those laws in effect on November 21, 2019
From Title 21-FOOD AND DRUGSCHAPTER 13-DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROLSUBCHAPTER II-IMPORT AND EXPORT
§959. Possession, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substance
(a) Manufacture or distribution for purpose of unlawful importation
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.
(b) Manufacture or distribution of listed chemical for purpose of manufacture or unlawful importation of controlled substance
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a listed chemical-
(1) intending or knowing that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and
(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States.
(c) Possession, manufacture, or distribution by person on board aircraft
It shall be unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board an aircraft owned by a United States citizen or registered in the United States, to-
(1) manufacture or distribute a controlled substance or listed chemical; or
(2) possess a controlled substance or listed chemical with intent to distribute.
(d) Acts committed outside territorial jurisdiction of United States
This section is intended to reach acts of manufacture or distribution committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
( Pub. L. 91–513, title III, §1009, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1289 ; Pub. L. 99–570, title III, §3161(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–94 ; Pub. L. 104–237, title I, §102(a), (b), Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3100 ; Pub. L. 104–305, §2(b)(2)(A), Oct. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 3807 ; Pub. L. 114–154, §2, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 387 ; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1012(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1546 .)
2017-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91 struck out "; venue" after "United States" in heading and "Any person who violates this section shall be tried in the United States district court at the point of entry where such person enters the United States, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia." after "United States." in text.
2016-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–154, §2(2), substituted "It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States." for "It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or listed chemical-
"(1) intending that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States; or
"(2) knowing that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States."
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 114–154 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–305 inserted "or flunitrazepam" after "schedule I or II" in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 104–237, §102(a), inserted "or listed chemical" after "schedule I or II" in introductory provisions and "or chemical" after "substance" in pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–237, §102(b), inserted "or listed chemical" after "controlled substance" in pars. (1) and (2).
1986-Pub. L. 99–570 designated first sentence as subsec. (a) and inserted "or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States" in pars. (1) and (2), added subsec. (b), and designated last two sentences as subsec. (c).