21 USC § 337a - Extraterritorial jurisdiction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s337a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 337a - Extraterritorial jurisdiction"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "337a"
section_name: "Extraterritorial jurisdiction"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 311, as added Pub. L. 112–144, title VII, § 718, July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1077.)"
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# § 337a. Extraterritorial jurisdiction

There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over any violation of this chapter relating to any article regulated under this chapter if such article was intended for import into the United States or if any act in furtherance of the violation was committed in the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 311, as added Pub. L. 112–144, title VII, § 718, July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1077.)