Federal · Title 21 — Food and Drugs

21 U.S.C. § 2341: Definitions

Civil

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This statute provides definitions of key terms used in banking, foreign relations, and drug trafficking law, including 'foreign person,' 'knowingly,' 'trafficking,' and designated criminal organizations.

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the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 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. The term “trafficking”, with respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids, has the meaning given the term “opioid trafficking” in section 2302(8) of this title . any organization designated as a significant transnational criminal organization under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; the Sinaloa Cartel; the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; the Gulf Cartel; the Los Zetas Cartel; the Juarez Cartel; the Tijuana Cartel; the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or La Familia Michoacana; or any successor organization to an organization described in subparagraph (B) or as otherwise determined by the President. a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or any person in the United States.

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