Volume 69 · 242
Public Law 84–126
Relating to the free importation of personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government orders, and for other purposes.
Approved June 30, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
Relating to the free importation of personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government orders, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
the Act of June 27, 1942, entitled “An Act to exempt from duty personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government
orders”, as amended (U. S. C., title 50 App., secs. 801 and 802), is hereby amended to read as follows: “That under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with such agencies as he shall consider to be substantially interested, the personal and household effects (with such limitation on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary may prescribe) of any person in the service of the United States who returns to the United States upon the termination of assignment to extended duty (as defined in the above-authorized regulations) at a post or station outside the customs territory of the United States, or of returning members of his family who nave resided with him at such post or station, or of any person evacuated to the United States under Government orders or instructions, may be brought into customs territory of the United States without the payment of any duty or tax imposed upon, or by reason of, importation.”
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after July 1, 1955, and before July 1, 1958.
Sec. 2.
The following provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, are hereby amended by inserting “Johnston Island,” immediately after “Kingman Reef,” each place it appears therein:
That part of section 1 which precedes schedule 1 (19 U. S. C., sec. 1001).
That part of section 201 which precedes schedule 16 (19 U. S. C., sec. 1201).
Section 401 (k) (19 U. S. C., sec. 1401 (k)).
Section 557 (a) (19 U. S. C., sec. 1557 (a)).
Section 562 (19 U. S. C., sec. 1562).
Section 401 (a) of the Anti-Smuggling Act, as amended (19 U. S. C., sec. 1709 (a)), is hereby amended by inserting “Johnston Island,” immediately after “Kingman Reef,”.
Sections 542, 544, and 545 of title 18 of the United States Code are hereby amended by inserting “Johnston Island,” immediately after “Kingman Reef,” each place it appears therein.
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the day following the day on which this Act is enacted.
Approved June 30, 1955.