Title 19 — Customs Duties
Chapter 28 — Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement
§ 4432. Establishment of preclearance operations
Statutory text
Pursuant to section 1629 of this title and section 1103(a)(7) of title 8, and provided that an aviation security preclearance agreement (as defined in section 44901(d)(4)(B) 1 of title 49) is in effect, the Secretary may establish and maintain U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance operations in a foreign country—
to prevent terrorists, instruments of terrorism, and other security threats from entering the United States;
to prevent inadmissible persons from entering the United States;
to ensure that merchandise destined for the United States complies with applicable laws;
to ensure the prompt processing of persons eligible to travel to the United States; and
to accomplish such other objectives as the Secretary determines are necessary to protect the United States.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015
Pub. L. 114–125 title VIII § 813 · 130 Stat. 122
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 4432
(Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 813, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 217.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 813, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 217.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 813. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRECLEARANCE OPERATIONS. Pursuant to section 629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1629) and section 103(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(7)), and provided that an aviation security preclearance agreement (as defined in section 44901(d)(4)(B) of title 49, United States Code) is in effect, the Secretary may establish and maintain U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance operations in a foreign country— (1) to prevent terrorists, instruments of terrorism, and other security threats from entering the United States; (2) to prevent inadmissible persons from entering the United States; (3) to ensure that merchandise destined for the United States complies with applicable laws; (4) to ensure the prompt processing of persons eligible to travel to the United States; and (5) to accomplish such other objectives as the Secretary determines are necessary to protect the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 44901(d)(4)(B) of title 49, referred to in text, was redesignated section 44901(d)(2)(B) of title 49 by Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1991(d)(1)(C)(iii), , 132 Stat. 3628.