Title 49 — Transportation
Chapter 803 — Contraband
§ 80306. Relationship to other laws
Statutory text
Chapter as Additional Law.—
This chapter is in addition to another law—
imposing, or authorizing the compromise of, fines, penalties, or forfeitures; or
providing for seizure, condemnation, or disposition of forfeited property, or the proceeds from the property.
Laws Applicable to Seizures and Forfeitures.—
To the extent applicable and consistent with this chapter, the following apply to a seizure or forfeiture under this chapter:
provisions of law related to the seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation of vehicles and vessels violating the customs laws.
provisions of law related to the disposition of those vehicles or vessels or the proceeds from the sale of those vehicles or vessels.
provisions of law related to the compromise of those forfeitures or claims related to those forfeitures.
provisions of law related to the award of compensation to an informer about those forfeitures.
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.
Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(e) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 80306
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1355.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1355.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. subtitles ii, ii, and v-x of title 49, united states code (a) Certain general and permanent laws of the 49 USC prec. 101 note. United States, related to transportation, are revised, codified, and enacted by subsections (c)–(e) of this section without substantive change as subtitles II, III, and V–X of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”. Those laws may be cited as “49 U.S.C. ________”. (b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles: “Subtitle “I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION “II. OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES “III. GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS “IV. INTERSTATE COMMERCE “V. RAIL PROGRAMS “VI. MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS “VII. AVIATION PROGRAMS “VIII. PIPELINES “IX. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION “X. MISCELLANEOUS (c) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subtitle II, except that chapter 31 (comprising sections 3101–3104) of subtitle II is redesignated and restated as chapter 315 (comprising sections 31501–31504) of subtitle VI of title 49, as enacted by subsection (e) of this section. (d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 80306(a) | 49 App.:786. | Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 618, §§ 4 (less proviso), 6, 53 Stat. 1292. |
| 80306(b) | 49 App.:784 (less proviso). | |
In subsections (a)(1) and (b)(3), the word “compromise” is substituted for “remission or mitigation” for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “in addition to another law” are substituted for “shall be construed to be supplemental to, and not to impair in any way, existing provisions of law” to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words “under this chapter” are substituted for “incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this chapter” to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (1), the word “forfeiture” is substituted for “summary and judicial forfeiture” to eliminate unnecessary words.