§ 293. Documented vessels touching at foreign ports

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. undated

   R.S. § 3126

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 293

   R.S. § 3126

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   R.S. § 3126

2. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–271 title III § 318 · 84 Stat. 273

   Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 293

   Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officers for reference to collectors

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officers for reference to collectors.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 318. Section 3126 of the Revised Statutes (19 T.S.C. 293) is amended by striking out “collectors” and inserting in lieu thereof “appropriate customs officers”.

   Effective date note
   For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 1500 of this title.

3. 1993

   North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

   Pub. L. 103–182 title VI § 686(a)(2) · 107 Stat. 2057

   1. Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 293

      Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “Any United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both” for “Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of the laws of the United States,”

   2. Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 293

      Pub. L. 103–182 struck out at end “All such vessels shall be furnished by the appropriate customs officers of the ports at which they shall take in their cargoes in the United States, with certified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such merchandise as is entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse; and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port of the United States from any foreign port at which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing for the delivery of manifests of cargo and passengers taken on board at such foreign port, and all other laws regulating the report and entry of vessels from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties therein prescribed.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “Any United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both” for “Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of the laws of the United States,” and struck out at end “All such vessels shall be furnished by the appropriate customs officers of the ports at which they shall take in their cargoes in the United States, with certified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such merchandise as is entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse; and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port of the United States from any foreign port at which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing for the delivery of manifests of cargo and passengers taken on board at such foreign port, and all other laws regulating the report and entry of vessels from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties therein prescribed.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 3126 (19 U.S.C. 293) is amended— (A) by striking out “Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of the laws of the United States,” and inserting “Any United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both” and (B) by striking out all the text occurring after the first sentence.

4. 1996

   Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–295 § 21(e)(1) · 110 Stat. 3514

   Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 293

   Pub. L. 104–295 inserted comma after “or both”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–295 inserted comma after “or both”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 3126 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (19 U.S.C. 293) is amended by striking “or both” and inserting “or both,”.

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