21 U.S.C. § 2302
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United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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- 21 U.S.C. § 2302, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/454890
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In this chapter:
The terms “alien”, “national”, and “national of the United States” have the meanings given those terms in section 1101 of title 8.
The term “appropriate congressional committees and leadership” means—
The terms “controlled substance”, “listed chemical”, “narcotic drug”, and “opioid” have the meanings given those terms in section 802 of this title.
The term “entity” means a partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, organization, network, group, or subgroup, or any form of business collaboration.
The term “foreign opioid trafficker” means— 11 So in original.
may 1 include—
any entity of the People’s Republic of China that the President determines—
any senior official of the Government of the People’s Republic of China that—
The term “foreign person”—
means—
The term “knowingly”, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
The term “opioid trafficking” means any illicit activity—
to produce, manufacture, distribute, sell, or knowingly finance or transport—
The term “person” means an individual or entity.
The term “United States person” means—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally