§ 81e. Vessels entering or leaving zone; coastwise trade

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. 1934

   Pub. L. 73–590 § 5 · 48 Stat. 998

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 81e

   (June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 5, 48 Stat. 1000.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 5, 48 Stat. 1000.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Vessels entering or leaving a zone shall be subject to the operation of all the laws of the United States, except as otherwise provided in this Act, and vessels leaving a zone and arriving in customs territory of the United States shall be subject to such regulations to protect the revenue as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Nothing in this Act shall be construed in any manner Competition by foreign vessels in American coastwise trade. so as to permit vessels under foreign flags to carry goods or merchandise shipped from one foreign trade zone to another zone or port in the protected coastwise trade of the United States.

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