Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part I · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930
§ 1322. International traffic and rescue work; United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970
Statutory text
Vehicles and other instruments of international traffic except communications satellites
Vehicles and other instruments of international traffic, of any class specified by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be excepted from the application of the customs laws to such extent and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed in regulations or instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury. The authority delegated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not extend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.
Rescue and relief equipment; personal property related to use of land under United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970; forfeit of articles to United States
The Secretary of the Treasury may provide by regulation or instruction for the admission, without entry and without the payment of any duty or tax imposed upon or by reason of importation, of—
aircraft, equipment, supplies, and spare parts for use in searches, rescues, investigations, repairs, and salvage in connection with accidental damage to aircraft;
fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with conflagrations;
rescue and relief equipment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with floods and other disasters; and
personal property related to the use and enjoyment of a separated tract of land as described in article III of the Treaty To Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers as the International Boundary between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed on .
Any articles admitted under the authority of this subsection and used otherwise than for a purpose herein expressed, or not exported in such time and manner as may be prescribed in the regulations or instructions herein authorized, shall be forfeited to the United States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516 · 67 Stat. 516
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1322
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–549 § 107(a) · 86 Stat. 1161
Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 1322
Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(a), inserted “United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970” in section catchline
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(a), inserted “United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970” in section catchline.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The heading of section 322 of the Tariff Act of 1930 67 Stat. 516. (19 U.S.C. 1322) is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “;UNITED STATES-MEXICO BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1970”.American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–549 § 107(b) · 86 Stat. 1161
Added · 19 U.S.C. § 1322(b)(4)
Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(b), added cl. (4)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(b), added cl. (4).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 322 is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (2), by striking cut the period at the end of clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: “(4) personal property reasonably related to the use and enjoyment of a separated tract of land as described in article III of the Treaty To Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers as the International Boundary between the United States of America and the United Mexican 23 USC 371. States signed on November 23, 1970.”.Trade and Tariff Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–573 § 127(b) · 98 Stat. 2948
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1322(a)
Pub. L. 98–573, § 127(b), substituted “excepted” for “granted the customary exceptions”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–573, § 127(b), substituted “excepted” for “granted the customary exceptions”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Subsection (a) of section 322 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1322(a)) is amended by striking out “granted the customary exceptions” Supra. and inserting in lieu thereof “excepted”.Effective date note
Pub. L. 98–573, title I, § 195(a), (b), (d), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2972, provided that:Trade and Tariff Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–573 § 124(c) · 98 Stat. 2948
Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 1322(a)
Pub. L. 98–573, § 124(c), inserted “The authority delegated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not extend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.”
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–573, § 124(c), inserted “The authority delegated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not extend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Subsection (a) of section 322 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1322(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The authority delegated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not extend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.”.Effective date note
Pub. L. 98–573, title I, § 195(a), (b), (d), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2972, provided that:
4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1972–1984 · 2 rounds
1984
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–573, § 127(b), substituted “excepted” for “granted the customary exceptions”.
Pub. L. 98–573, § 124(c), inserted “The authority delegated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not extend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.”
1972
Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(a), inserted “United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970” in section catchline.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(b), added cl. (4).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–573, title I, § 195(a), (b), (d), , 98 Stat. 2972, provided that:
“(a) Except as provided in section 126 and in subsections (b) and (c), the amendments made by subtitles B, C, and D [amending this section and sections 1202 and 1504 of this title] shall apply with respect to articles entered on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [].
“(b) (1) The amendment made by sections 117 and 124 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered on or after .
“(2) The amendments made by section 127 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered on or after a date to be proclaimed by the President which shall be consonant with the entering into force for the United States of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972.
“(d) For purposes of this section—
“(1) The term ‘entered’ means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption in the customs territory of the United States.
“(2) The term ‘entry’ includes any withdrawal from warehouse.”
Effective Date
Section effective on and after thirtieth day following , see note set out under section 1304 of this title.
Credits
1930–1984 · 3 acts
- 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516
- 1972amended Pub. L. 92–549, title I, § 107, , 86 Stat. 1162
- 1984Pub. L. 98–573, title I, §§ 124(c), 127(b), , 98 Stat. 2959.
Show as published
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 92–549, title I, § 107, , 86 Stat. 1162; Pub. L. 98–573, title I, §§ 124(c), 127(b), , 98 Stat. 2959.)