§ 294. No duty by reason of documented vessel touching at foreign port

Statutory text

Any foreign merchandise taken in at one port of the United States to be conveyed in a United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both, to any other port within the same, either under the provisions relating to warehouses, or under the laws regulating the transportation coastwise of merchandise entitled to drawback, as well as any merchandise not entitled to drawback, but on which the import duties chargeable by law shall have been duly paid, shall not become subject to any import duty by reason of the vessel in which they may arrive having touched at a foreign port during the voyage.

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.

undated
R.S. § 3127
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 294
R.S. § 3127
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
R.S. § 3127
1993
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Pub. L. 103–182 title VI § 686(a)(3) · 107 Stat. 2057
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 294
Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “a United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both,” for “in registered vessels”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “a United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both,” for “in registered vessels”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) Section 3127 (19 U.S.C. 294) is amended by striking out “in registered vessels” and inserting “a United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both,”.
1996
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–295 § 21(e)(2) · 110 Stat. 3514
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 294
Pub. L. 104–295 substituted “conveyed in a United” for “conveyed a United”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–295 substituted “conveyed in a United” for “conveyed a United”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 3127 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (19 U.S.C. 294) is amended by striking “conveyed a United States” and inserting “conveyed in a United States”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 3127 derived from act May 27, 1848, ch. 48, § 2, 9 Stat. 232.

Amendments1993–1996 · 2 rounds

1996

Pub. L. 104–295 substituted “conveyed in a United” for “conveyed a United”.

1993

Pub. L. 103–182 substituted “a United States documented vessel with a registry or coastwise endorsement, or both,” for “in registered vessels”.

Credits

1993–1996 · 3 acts

R.S. § 3127
1993Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 686(a)(3), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2220
1996Pub. L. 104–295, § 21(e)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3530.

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(R.S. § 3127; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 686(a)(3), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2220; Pub. L. 104–295, § 21(e)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3530.)