Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part VI · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930
§ 1646c. Export reporting requirement
Statutory text
The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall require all persons or entities exporting used automobiles, including automobiles exported for personal use, by air or ship to provide to the Customs Service, at least 72 hours before the export, the vehicle identification number of each such automobile and proof of ownership of such automobile. The Commissioner shall establish specific criteria for randomly selecting used automobiles scheduled to be exported, consistent with the risk of stolen automobiles being exported and shall check the vehicle identification number of each automobile selected pursuant to such criteria against the information in the National Crime Information Center to determine whether such automobile has been reported stolen. At the request of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Commissioner shall make available to the Director all vehicle identification numbers obtained under this section.
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.
Anti Car Theft Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–519 title IV § 401 · 106 Stat. 3384
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1646c
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646B, as added Pub. L. 102–519, title IV, § 401, Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3400
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646B, as added Pub. L. 102–519, title IV, § 401, Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3400Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 401. RANDOM CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS FOR STOLEN AUTO-MOBILES BEING EXPORTED. Part VI of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after section 646 the following new sections: “SEC. 646A. RANDOM CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS FOR STOLEN AUTO-MOBILES BEING EXPORTED. “The Commissioner of Customs shall direct customs officers to conduct at random inspections of automobiles, and of shipping containers that may contain automobiles that are being exported, for purposes of determining whether such automobiles were stolen. “SEC. 646B. EXPORT REPORTING REQUIREMENT. “The Commissioner of Customs shall require all persons or entities exporting used automobiles, including automobiles exported for personal use, by air or ship to provide to the Customs Service, at least 72 hours before the export, the vehicle identification number of each such automobile and proof of ownership of such automobile. The Commissioner shall establish specific criteria for randomly selecting used automobiles scheduled to be exported, consistent with the risk of stolen automobiles being exported and shall check the vehicle identification number of each automobile selected pursuant to such criteria against the information in the National Crime Information Center to determine whether such automobile has been reported stolen. At the request of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Commissioner shall make available to the Director all vehicle identification numbers obtained under this section.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection” substituted for “Commissioner of Customs” in text on authority of section 802(d)(2) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of , see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
Credits
1930–2016 · 2 acts
- 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646B, as added Pub. L. 102–519, title IV, § 401, , 106 Stat. 3400
- 2016amended Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), , 130 Stat. 210.
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(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 646B, as added Pub. L. 102–519, title IV, § 401, , 106 Stat. 3400; amended Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), , 130 Stat. 210.)