§ 81a. Definitions

Statutory text

When used in this chapter—

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce;

The term “Board” means the Board which is established to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, and the Secretary of the Treasury;

The term “State” includes any State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

The term “corporation” means a public corporation and a private corporation, as defined in this chapter;

The term “public corporation” means a State, political subdivision thereof, a municipality, a public agency of a State, political subdivision thereof, or municipality, or a corporate municipal instrumentality of one or more States;

The term “private corporation” means any corporation (other than a public corporation) which is organized for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone and which is chartered under special Act enacted after June 18, 1934, of the State or States within which it is to operate such zone;

The term “applicant” means a corporation applying for the right to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign-trade zone;

The term “grantee” means a corporation to which the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone has been granted;

The term “zone” means a “foreign-trade zone” as provided in this chapter.

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.

1934
Pub. L. 73–590 § 1 · 48 Stat. 998
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 81a
June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) The location and qualifications of the area in which it is proposed to establish a zone, showing (A) the land and water or and or water area or land area alone if the application is for its establishment in or adjacent to an interior port; (B) the means of segregation from customs territory; (C) the fitness of the area for a zone; and (D) the possibilities of expansion of the zone area;
1996
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Pub. L. 104–201 § 910(1) · 110 Stat. 2422
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 81a(b)
Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(1), substituted “and the Secretary of the Treasury” for “the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(1), substituted “and the Secretary of the Treasury” for “the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in subsection (b), by striking out “the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War” and inserting in lieu thereof “and the Secretary of the Treasury”; and
1996
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
Pub. L. 104–201 § 910(2) · 110 Stat. 2422
Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 81a(c)
Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(2), struck out “Alaska, Hawaii,” after “Columbia,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(2), struck out “Alaska, Hawaii,” after “Columbia,”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in subsection (c), by striking out “Alaska, Hawaii,”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(1), substituted “and the Secretary of the Treasury” for “the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(2), struck out “Alaska, Hawaii,” after “Columbia,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

This chapter is popularly known as the “Foreign Trade Zones Act”.

Floor Stocks Tax Treatment of Articles in Foreign Trade Zones

Notwithstanding this chapter, articles located in a foreign trade zone on the effective date of increases in tax under specific amendments by Pub. L. 101–508 subject to floor stocks taxes under certain circumstances, see section 11218 of Pub. L. 101–508, set out as a note under section 5001 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Credits

1934–1996 · 2 acts

1934June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998
1996Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 910, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2621.

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(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 910, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2621.)