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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part II · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930

§ 1446. Supplies and stores retained on board

Statutory text

Vessels arriving in the United States from foreign ports may retain on board, without the payment of duty, all coal and other fuel supplies, ships’ stores, sea stores, and the legitimate equipment of such vessels. Any such supplies, ships’ stores, sea stores, or equipment landed and delivered from such vessel shall be considered and treated as imported merchandise: Provided, That bunker coal, bunker oil, ships’ stores, sea stores, or the legitimate equipment of vessels belonging to regular lines plying between foreign ports and the United States, which are delayed in port for any cause, may be transferred under a permit by the appropriate customs officer and under customs supervision from the vessel so delayed to another vessel of the same line and owner, and engaged in the foreign trade, without the payment of duty thereon.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 71–497 · 46 Stat. 590

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1446

    June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 446, 46 Stat. 713

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 446, 46 Stat. 713

  2. Pub. L. 91–271 title III § 301(b) · 84 Stat. 273

    Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1446

    Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Sections 311, 315, 432, 434. 438, 441, 443–447. 449–450, 452–455, 457, 485, 490, 492, 496, 521. 555, 562, 584, 586, 609, 613, and 614 (19 U.S.U 1311, 1315, 1432, 1434, 1438, 1441, 1443–1447, 1449–1450, 1452–1455, 1457, 1485, 1490, 1492, 1496, 1521, 1555, 1562, 1584, 1586, 1609, 1613, and 1614) are amended by striking the word “collector” wherever 67 Stat. 508; 49 Stat. 524. it appears in the sections and inserting hr lieu thereof “appropriate customs officer”.

    Effective date note
    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 446, 42 Stat. 953. That section was superseded by section 446 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Provisions similar to those in the last sentence of this section concerning sea stores and equipment, were contained in R.S. § 2797, as amended by act Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 17, 29 Stat. 691. A provision that steam vessels might retain coal on board without being required to land it or pay duty was contained in R.S. § 2798. Provision for collection of duty on excessive quantities of sea stores was made by R.S. § 2796. All of these sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989.

Amendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

Credits

1930–1970 · 2 acts
  1. 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 446, 46 Stat. 713
  2. 1970Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), , 84 Stat. 287.
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(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 446, 46 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), , 84 Stat. 287.)

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