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 PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4315

"(c)(1) The Attorney General may order the suspension of any importation or exportation of a listed chemical (other than a regulated transaction to which the requirement of subsection (a) does not apply by reason of subsection (b)) or may disqualify any regular customer or regular supplier on the ground that the chemical may be diverted to the clandestine manufacture of a controlled substance. From and after the time when the Attorney General provides written notice of the order (including a statement of the legal and factual basis for the order) to the regulated person, the regulated person may not carry out the transaction. "(2) Upon written request to the Attorney General, a regulated person to whom an order applies under paragraph (1) is entitled to an agency hearing on the record in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. The hearing shall be held on an expedited basis and not later than 45 days after the request is made, except that the hearing may be held at a later time, if so requested by the regulated person.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATES AND SPECIAL RULES.—(1) Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall forward to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget proposed regulations required by the amendment made by subsection (a). (2) Not later than 55 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall— (A) review such proposed regulations of the Attorney General; and (B) forward any comments and recommendations for modifications to the Attorney General. (3) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish the proposed final regulations required by the amendment made by subsection (a). (4) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall promulgate final regulations required by the amendment made by subsection (a). (5) Subsection (a) of section 1018 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect 90 days after the promulgation of the final regulations under paragraph (4). (6) Each regulated person shall provide to the Attorney General the identity of any regular customer or regular supplier of the regulated person not later than 30 days after the promulgation of the final regulations under paragraph (4). Not later than 60 days after the end of such 30-day period, each regular customer and regular supplier so identified shall be a regular customer or regular supplier for purposes of any applicable exception from the requirement of subsection (a) of such section 1018, unless the the Attorney General otherwise notifies the regulated person in writing. (c) PENALTY FOR IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION.—Section 1010

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the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) Any person who knowingly or intentionally— "(1) imports or exports a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of this title or, in the case of an exportation, in violation of the law of the country to which the chemical is exported; or

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