Controlled Substance Registrant Protection Act of 1984
PL 98-305 (S.422), enacted 05/31/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-305—MAY 31, 1984 
98 STAT. 221 
Public Law 98-805 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide a criminal penalty for 
robbery of a controlled substance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Controlled Substance Registrant Protection Act of 
1984". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 103 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
"§ 2118. Robberies and burglaries involving controlled substances 
"(a) Whoever takes or attempts to take from the person or pres-
ence of another by force or violence or by intimidation any material 
or compound containing any quantity of a controlled substance 
belonging to or in the care, custody, control, or possession of a 
person registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration under 
section 302 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822) shall, 
except as provided in subsection (c), be fined not more than $25,000 
or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, if (1) the 
replacement cost of the material or compound to the registrant was 
not less than $500, (2) the person who engaged in such taking or 
attempted such taking traveled in interstate or foreign commerce or 
used any facility in interstate or foreign commerce to facilitate such 
taking or attempt, or (3) another person was killed or suffered 
significant bodily injury as a result of such taking or attempt. 
"Ot)) Whoever, without authority, enters or attempts to enter, or 
remains in, the business premises or property of a person registered 
with the Drug Enforcement Administration under section 302 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822) with the intent to steal 
any material or compound containing any quantity of a controlled 
substance shall, except as provided in subsection (c), be fined not 
more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or 
both, if (1) the replacement cost of the controlled substance to the 
registrant was not less than $500, (2) the person who engaged in 
such entry or attempted such entry or who remained in such 
premises or property traveled in interstate or foreign commerce or 
used any facility in interstate or foreign commerce to facilitate such 
entry or attempt or to facilitate remaining in such premises or 
property, or (3) another person was killed or suffered significant 
bodily injury as a result of such entry or attempt. 
"(c)(1) Whoever in committing any offense under subsection (a) or 
(b) assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person, by 
the use of a dangerous weapon or device shall be fined not more 
than $35,000 and imprisoned for not more than twenty-five years. 
"(2) Whoever in committing any offense under subsection (a) or (b) 
kills any person shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned 
for any term of years or life, or both. 
May 31, 1984 
[S. 422] 
Controlled 
Substance 
Registrant 
Protection Act of 
1984. 
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note. 
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"(d) If two or more persons conspire to Adolate subsection (a) or 0)) 
of this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to 
effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined not more than 
$25,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years or both, 
"(e) For purposes of this section— 
"(1) the term 'controlled substance' has the meaning pre-
scribed for that term by section 102 of the Controlled Sub-
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stances Act; 
"(2) the term 'business premises or property' includes con-
veyances and storage facilities; and 
"(3) the term 'significant bodily injury' means bodily injury 
which involves a risk of death, significant physical pain, pro-
tracted and obvious disfigurement, or a protracted loss or im-
pairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental 
or sensory faculty.". 
SEC. 3. The table of sections for chapter 103 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
"2118. Robberies and burglaries involving controlled substances.". 
Report. 
SEC. 4. For each of the first three years after the date of enact-
28 use 522 note, ment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall 
submit an annual report to the Congress with respect to the enforce-
ment activities of the Attorney General relating to the offenses 
created by the amendment made by section 2 of this Act. 
Approved May 31, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 422 (H.R. 5222): 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-353 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Feb. 23, considered and passed Senate. 
May 8, considered and passed House, amended. 
May 17, Senate concurred in House amendment.