21 U.S.C. § 2302: Definitions

The terms “alien”, “national”, and “national of the United States” have the meanings given those terms in section 1101 of title 8 . the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 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. means 1 any foreign person that the President determines plays a significant role in opioid trafficking; and produces, manufactures, distributes, sells, or knowingly finances or transports any goods described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (8)(A); and demonstrates a pattern of failing to take credible steps (including implementing appropriate know-your-customer procedures or cooperating with United States counternarcotics efforts) to detect or prevent opioid trafficking; and has significant regulatory or law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the activities of an entity described in clause (i); and aids and abets opioid trafficking. any citizen or national of a foreign country; or any entity not organized under the laws of the United States or a jurisdiction within the United States; and does not include the government of a foreign country. 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. synthetic opioids, including controlled substances that are synthetic opioids and listed chemicals that are synthetic opioids; or active pharmaceutical ingredients or chemicals that are used in the production of controlled substances that are synthetic opioids; to attempt to carry out an activity described in subparagraph (A); or to assist, abet, conspire, or collude with other persons to carry out such an activity. The term “person” means an individual or entity. any citizen or national of the United States; any alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; any entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of such an entity); or any person located in the United States.