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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 18 — Implementation of Harmonized Tariff Schedule

§ 3002. Definitions

Statutory text

As used in this chapter:

(1)

The term “Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission.

(2)

The term “Convention” means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on , and the Protocol thereto, done at Brussels on , submitted to the Congress on .

(3)

The term “entered” means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.

(4)

The term “Federal agency” means any establishment in the executive branch of the United States Government.

(5)

The term “old Schedules” means title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1202) as in effect on the day before the effective date of the amendment to such title under section 1204(a).

(6)

The term “technical rectifications” means rectifications of an editorial character or minor technical or clerical changes which do not affect the substance or meaning of the text, such as—

(A)

errors in spelling, numbering, or punctuation;

(B)

errors in indentation;

(C)

errors (including inadvertent omissions) in cross-references to headings or subheadings or notes; and

(D)

other clerical or typographical errors.

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. Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–418 title I § 1202 · 102 Stat. 1107

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3002

    (Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1202, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1147.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1202, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1147.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1202. DEFINITIONS. As used in this subtitle: (1) The term “Commission” means the United States International Trade Commission. (2) The term “Convention” means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on June 14, 1983, and the Protocol thereto, done at Brussels on June 24, 1986, submitted to the Congress on June 15, 1987. (3) The term “entered” means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States. (4) The term “Federal agency” means any establishment in the executive branch of the United States Government. (5) The term “old Schedules” means title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1202) as in effect on the day before the effective date of the amendment to such title under section 1204(a). (6) The term “technical rectifications” means rectifications of an editorial character or minor technical or clerical changes which do not affect the substance or meaning of the text, such as— (A) errors in spelling, numbering, or punctuation; (B) errors in indentation; (C) errors (including inadvertent omissions) in cross-references to headings or subheadings or notes; and (D) other clerical or typographical errors.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 1201 to 1217) of title I of Pub. L. 100–418, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 3001 of this title and Tables.

Title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1202) as in effect on the day before the effective date of the amendment to such title under section 1204(a), referred to in par. (5), is title I of act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, as in effect on the day before . Title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 which comprised the Tariff Schedules of the United States was not set out in the Code.

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1202, , 102 Stat. 1147.)

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