{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s954","title_num":"21","num":"§ 954.","heading":"Transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances","status":null,"guid":"id1b1e9363-496b-11ed-a249-ef13b15378ec","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1004, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1287.)","seq_in_title":549,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 13—","heading":"DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER II—","heading":"IMPORT AND EXPORT","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7dc291d8-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s954\"><num value=\"954\">§ 954.</num><heading> Transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Notwithstanding sections 952, 953, and 957 of this title—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7dc291d9-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s954/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><chapeau> A controlled substance in schedule I may—</chapeau><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id7dc291da-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s954/1/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><content> be imported into the United States for transshipment to another country, or</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id7dc291db-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s954/1/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> be transferred or transshipped from one vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to another vessel, vehicle, or aircraft within the United States for immediate exportation,</content>\n</subparagraph>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I17\" class=\"indent1 firstIndent0\">if and only if it is so imported, transferred, or transshipped (i) for scientific, medical, or other legitimate purposes in the country of destination, and (ii) with the prior written approval of the Attorney General (which shall be granted or denied within 21 days of the request).</continuation>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7dc291dc-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s954/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> A controlled substance in schedule II, III, or IV may be so imported, transferred, or transshipped if and only if advance notice is given to the Attorney General in accordance with regulations of the Attorney General.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id7dc2b8ed-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/513/tIII/s1004\">Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1004</ref>, <date date=\"1970-10-27\">Oct. 27, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/1287\">84 Stat. 1287</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7dc2b8ee-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id7dc2b8ef-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id7dc2b8f0-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Schedules I, II, III, and IV, referred to in text, are set out in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s812/c\">section 812(c) of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7dc2b8f1-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7dc2b8f2-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after <date date=\"1970-10-26\">Oct. 26, 1970</date>, see 1105(a) of <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/513\">Pub. L. 91–513</ref>, set out as a under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s951\">section 951 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"117-185","currency_date":"2022-10-04","congress":117,"law_num":185,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":286,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["03","10","13","15","18","21","22","38","42","47","52"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"117-185","currency_date":"2022-10-04","congress":117,"law_num":185,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":286,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["03","10","13","15","18","21","22","38","42","47","52"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-314not260not283","currency_date":"2021-01-05","congress":116,"law_num":314,"excluded_laws":[260,283],"update_num":null,"seq":225,"is_partial":true,"caveat":"Current through Public Law 116-314 (01/05/2021), except 116-260, 116-283.","titles_affected":["05","05a","06","15","16","18","21","25","28","31","33","34","42","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}