Federal · Title 21 — Food and Drugs

21 U.S.C. § 865: Smuggling methamphetamine or methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States while using facilitated entry programs

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Smuggling methamphetamine or precursor chemicals into the U.S. via facilitated entry programs carries an additional consecutive prison term of up to 15 years and permanent ineligibility for those programs.

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The sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person convicted of an offense under the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), involving methamphetamine or any listed chemical that is defined in section 102(33) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(33) , 1 shall, if the offense is committed under the circumstance described in subsection (b), be increased by a consecutive term of imprisonment of not more than 15 years. 1 So in original. A second closing parenthesis probably should precede the comma. was enrolled in, or who was acting on behalf of any person or entity enrolled in, any dedicated commuter lane, alternative or accelerated inspection system, or other facilitated entry program administered or approved by the Federal Government for use in entering the United States; and committed the offense while entering the United States, using such lane, system, or program. Any person whose term of imprisonment is increased under subsection (a) shall be permanently and irrevocably barred from being eligible for or using any lane, system, or program described in subsection (b)(1).

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