The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to list e 4-chloromethcathinone, a central nervous system stimulant, under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released Dec. 27. “If finalized, this action would impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle 4-chloromethcathinone.” Comments are due Jan. 29.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending for one more year the temporary listing of seven fentanyl-related substances -- para-chlorofentanyl, ortho-chlorofentanyl, metafluorofuranyl fentanyl, ortho-methylcyclopropyl fentanyl, beta-methylacetyl fentanyl, tetrahydrothiofuranyl fentanyl and para-fluoro valeryl fentanyl -- in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released Dec. 27. The fentanyl-related substance, first temporarily listed in 2018 (see 1802070043), will now remain listed in Schedule I until Dec. 31, 2025. DEA also released a proposed rule to permanently list these fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I, with comments due Jan. 29.
The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The State Department is maintaining the Foreign Terrorist Organization designations for al-Qa’ida in the Indian subcontinent, Boko Haram, Hezbollah, the Islamic State of West Africa and Jemaah Islamiyah, the agency said in a notice released last week. It said the “circumstances that were the basis for the designation" of those organizations "have not changed in such a manner as to warrant revocation of the designations and that the national security of the United States does not warrant a revocation of the designations."
China’s Foreign Ministry announced new sanctions last week against seven companies for their involvement with arms sales to Taiwan, targeting Insitu, Hudson Technologies, Saronic Technologies, Raytheon Canada, Raytheon Australia, Aerkomm and Oceaneering International. The ministry said the sanctions freeze their Chinese assets and block them from doing certain business with Chinese companies. China has issued several rounds of designations against American firms for arms sales to Taiwan in recent months (see 2412050011, 2410100005, 2409180004 and 2407120011).
The U.S. on Dec. 27 sanctioned Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian oligarch and former Georgian prime minister. The State Department said Ivanishvili was sanctioned for "undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of" Russia, and he has also contributed to human rights abuses in the country.
Congress and the executive branch should use a mix of export controls and foreign investment restrictions to prevent China from using biotechnology to commit human rights abuses, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China said in its 2024 annual report.
The Commerce Department’s fall 2024 regulatory agenda for the Bureau of Industry and Security features a host of new rules that could soon update U.S. export controls, including restrictions on aircraft engines, biological equipment and reporting requirements for certain weapons sales, AI chips.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge on Dec. 18 dismissed a complaint against CMA CGM, saying that New York-based freight forwarder Marine Transport Logistics (MTL) failed to show that the France-based ocean carrier routinely engaged in unreasonable conduct with container shipments.
The State Department approved two possible military sales to Morocco, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. One sale includes "Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles" and related equipment for $88.37 million, and the prime contractor will be RTX Corp. Another is for $86 million worth of "GBU-39B Small Diameter Bombs" and related equipment, and the principal contractor will be Boeing.