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21 U.S.C. § 2403 — Criminal penalties and statute of limitations
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Criminal penalty** — Whoever violates [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not more than 10 years, fined $250,000 if the person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both.
(2) **Forfeiture** — Any property real or personal, tangible or intangible, may be seized and criminally forfeited to the United States if that property—
(A) is used or intended to be used, in any manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) constitutes or is traceable to the proceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection with or as a result of a violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Limitation on prosecution**
(1) **In general** — No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the date on which the offense was completed.
(2) **Tolling** — Upon application in the United States, filed before a return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of an offense under this chapter is in a foreign country, the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of this statute of limitation for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance of the
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Criminal penalty** — Whoever violates [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not more than 10 years, fined $250,000 if the person is an individual or $1,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both.
(2) **Forfeiture** — Any property real or personal, tangible or intangible, may be seized and criminally forfeited to the United States if that property—
(A) is used or intended to be used, in any manner, to commit or facilitate a violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) constitutes or is traceable to the proceeds taken, obtained, or retained in connection with or as a result of a violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Limitation on prosecution**
(1) **In general** — No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of [section 2402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section2402&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the date on which the offense was completed.
(2) **Tolling** — Upon application in the United States, filed before a return of an indictment, indicating that evidence of an offense under this chapter is in a foreign country, the district court before which a grand jury is impaneled to investigate the offense shall suspend the running of this statute of limitation for the offense if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an official request has been made for such evidence and that it reasonably appears, or reasonably appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in such foreign country.
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**(a) In general** It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an athlete, to knowingly carry into effect, attempt to carry into effect, or conspire with any other person to carry into effect a scheme in commerce to influence by use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method any major international sports competition.
**(b) Extraterritorial jurisdiction** There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section.
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 2403
1 So in original. Term is not capitalized as used in this chapter.
118–50, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 934, known as the
Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off
Fentanyl or the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which is clas-
sified principally to this chapter. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 2341 of this title and Tables.
CHAPTER 29—INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
DOPING
Sec.
2401.
Definitions.
2402.
Major international doping fraud conspir-
acies.
2403.
Criminal penalties and statute of limitations.
2404.
Coordination and sharing of information with
USADA.
§ 2401. Definitions
(1) Anti-doping organization
The term ‘‘anti-doping organization’’ has the
meaning given the term in Article 2 of the Con-
vention.
(2) Athlete
The term ‘‘athlete’’ has the meaning given the
term in Article 2 of the Convention.
(3) Code
The term ‘‘Code’’ means the World Anti-
Doping Code most recently adopted by WADA on
March 5, 2003.
(4) Convention
The term ‘‘Convention’’ means the United Na-
tions Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga-
nization
International
Convention
Against
Doping in Sport done at Paris October 19, 2005,
and ratified by the United States in 2008.
(5) Major international sport competition
The term ‘‘Major International Sport Com-
petition’’— 1
(A) means a competition—
(i) in which one or more United States ath-
letes and three or more athletes from other
countries participate;
(ii) that is governed by the anti-doping
rules and principles of the Code; and
(iii) in which—
(I) the competition organizer or sanc-
tioning body receives sponsorship or other
financial support from an organization
doing business in the United States; or
(II) the co
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