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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part III · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930

§ 1507. Tare and draft

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe and issue regulations for the ascertainment of tare upon imported merchandise, including the establishment of reasonable and just schedule tares therefor, but (except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be any allowance for draft or for impurities, other than excessive moisture and impurities not usually found in or upon such or similar merchandise.

(b)

Crude oil and petroleum products

In ascertaining tare on imports of crude oil, and on imports of petroleum products, allowance shall be made for all detectable moisture and impurities present in, or upon, the imported crude oil or petroleum products.

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. § 1507

    June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 507, 46 Stat. 732

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 507, 46 Stat. 732

  2. Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–418 title I § 1902(a) · 102 Stat. 1107

    1. Amended · 19 U.S.C. § 1507

      Pub. L. 100–418 designated existing provision as subsec. (a)

    2. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1507

      Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “(except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be” for “in no case shall there be”

    3. Added · 19 U.S.C. § 1507

      Pub. L. 100–418 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–418 designated existing provision as subsec. (a), substituted “(except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be” for “in no case shall there be”, and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Section 507 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1507) is amended— (1) by striking out “The Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) In General.—The Secretary”, (2) by striking out “in no case shall there be” and inserting in lieu thereof “(except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be”, and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) Crude Oil and Petroleum Products.— In ascertaining tare on imports of crude oil, and on imports of petroleum products, allowance shall be made for all detectable moisture and impurities present in, or upon, the imported crude oil or petroleum products.”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(b), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1313, as amended by Pub. L. 100–647, title IX, § 9001(a)(18), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3808, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after October 1, 1988.”

3 of 4 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, § 506, 42 Stat. 968. That section was superseded by section 507 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

A prior provision relative to the allowance of tare, prohibiting any allowance for draught, was contained in R.S. § 2898, prior to repeal by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989.

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–418 designated existing provision as subsec. (a), substituted “(except as otherwise provided in this section) there shall not be” for “in no case shall there be”, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(b), , 102 Stat. 1313, as amended by Pub. L. 100–647, title IX, § 9001(a)(18), , 102 Stat. 3808, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after .”

Credits

1930–1988 · 2 acts
  1. 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 507, 46 Stat. 732
  2. 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(a), , 102 Stat. 1312.
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(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 507, 46 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1902(a), , 102 Stat. 1312.)

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