§ 2495. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2495]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
SUBCHAPTER VII--TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF, AND OTHER SANCTIONS
AGAINST, UNCOOPERATIVE MAJOR DRUG PRODUCING OR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES
Sec. 2495. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter--
(1) continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an
adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either
House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three
days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the period
indicated;
(2) the term ``major drug producing country'' means a country
that illicitly produces during a fiscal year 5 metric tons or more
of opium or opium derivative, 500 metric tons or more of coca, or
500 metric tons or more of marijuana;
(3) the term ``major drug-transit country'' means a country--
(A) that is a significant direct source of illicit narcotic
or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances
significantly affecting the United States;
(B) through which are transported such drugs or substances;
or
(C) through which significant sums of drug-related profits
or monies are laundered with the knowledge or complicity of the
government; and
(4) the term ``narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other
controlled substances'' has the same meaning as is given by any
applicable international narcotics control agreement or domestic law
of the country or countries concerned.
(Pub. L. 93-618, title VIII, Sec. 805, as added Pub. L. 99-570, title
IX, Sec. 9001, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-166; amended Pub. L. 101-
231, Sec. 17(h)(5), Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1965; Pub. L. 106-36, title
I, Sec. 1001(a)(10), June 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 131.)
Amendments
1999--Par. (2). Pub. L. 106-36 struck out ``and'' at end.
1989--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-231 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to
amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``the term `major drug producing
country' means a country producing five metric tons or more of opium or
opium derivative during a fiscal year or producing five hundred metric
tons or more of coca or marijuana (as the case may be) during a fiscal
year; and''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2492 of this title.
