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21 U.S.C. § 955 — Possession on board vessels, etc., arriving in or departing from United States
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It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or possess on board any vessel or aircraft, or on board any vehicle of a carrier, arriving in or departing from the United States or the customs territory of the United States, a controlled substance in schedule I or II or a narcotic drug in schedule III or IV, unless such substance or drug is a part of the cargo entered in the manifest or part of the official supplies of the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or possess on board any vessel or aircraft, or on board any vehicle of a carrier, arriving in or departing from the United States or the customs territory of the United States, a controlled substance in schedule I or II or a narcotic drug in schedule III or IV, unless such substance or drug is a part of the cargo entered in the manifest or part of the official supplies of the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle.
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**(a)** For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) The term “import” means, with respect to any article, any bringing in or introduction of such article into any area (whether or not such bringing in or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the tariff laws of the United States).
(2) The term “customs territory of the United States” has the meaning assigned to such term by general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
**(b)** Each term defined in [section 802 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim) shall have the same meaning for purposes of this subchapter as such term has for purposes of subchapter I.
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**(a) Unlawful acts** Any person who—
(1) contrary to section 825, 952, 953, or 957 of this title, knowingly or intentionally imports or exports a controlled substance,
(2) contrary to [section 955 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section955&num=0&edition=prelim), knowingly or intentionally brings or possesses on board a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle a controlled substance, or
(3) contrary to [section 959 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section959&num=0&edition=prelim), manufactures, possesses with intent to distribute, or distributes a controlled substance,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
**(b) Penalties**
(1) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—
(A) 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;
(B) 5 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of—
(i) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
(ii) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts or isomers;
(iii) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or
(iv) any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in clauses (i) through (iii);
(C) 280 grams or more of a mixture or substance described in subparagraph (B) which contains cocaine base;
(D) 100 grams or more of phencyclidine (PCP) or 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);
(E) 10 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detecta
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 954
(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) are met by each subse-
quent country to which the controlled sub-
stance is exported pursuant to this para-
graph.
(6)(A) Within 30 days after the controlled
substance is exported from the first country to
the second country, the person who exported
the controlled substance from the United
States delivers to the Attorney General docu-
mentation certifying that such export from
the first country has occurred.
(B) In the case of re-exportation among
members of the European Economic Area,
within 30 days after each re-exportation, the
person who exported the controlled substance
from the United States delivers to the Attor-
ney General—
(i) documentation certifying that such re-
exportation has occurred; and
(ii) information concerning the consignee,
country, and product.
(7) A permit to export the controlled sub-
stance from the United States has been issued
by the Attorney General.
(g) Limitation
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection
(f) in the case of any controlled substance in
schedule I or II or any narcotic drug in schedule
III or IV, the Attorney General shall not pro-
mulgate nor enforce any regulation, subregu-
latory guidance, or enforcement policy which
impedes re-exportation of any controlled sub-
stance among European Economic Area coun-
tries, including by promulgating or enforcing
any requirement that—
(1) re-exportation from the first country to
the second country or re-exportation from the
second country to another country occur with-
in a specified period of time; or
(2) information concerning the consignee,
country, and product be provided prior to ex-
portation of the controlled substance from the
United States or prior to each re-exportation
among mem
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