                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
       Part III--Ascertainment, Collection, and Recovery of Duties
 
Sec. 1484. Entry of merchandise


(a) Requirement and time

    (1) Except as provided in sections 1490, 1498, 1552, and 1553 of 
this title, one of the parties qualifying as ``importer of record'' 
under paragraph (2)(B), either in person or by an agent authorized by 
the party in writing, shall, using reasonable care--
        (A) make entry therefor by filing with the Customs Service--
            (i) such documentation or, pursuant to an electronic data 
        interchange system, such information as is necessary to enable 
        the Customs Service to determine whether the merchandise may be 
        released from customs custody, and
            (ii) notification whether an import activity summary 
        statement will be filed; and

        (B) complete the entry by filing with the Customs Service the 
    declared value, classification and rate of duty applicable to the 
    merchandise, and such other documentation or, pursuant to an 
    electronic data interchange system, such other information as is 
    necessary to enable the Customs Service to--
            (i) properly assess duties on the merchandise,
            (ii) collect accurate statistics with respect to the 
        merchandise, and
            (iii) determine whether any other applicable requirement of 
        law (other than a requirement relating to release from customs 
        custody) is met.

    (2)(A) The documentation or information required under paragraph (1) 
with respect to any imported merchandise shall be filed or transmitted 
in such manner and within such time periods as the Secretary shall by 
regulation prescribe. Such regulations shall provide for the filing of 
import activity summary statements, covering entries or warehouse 
withdrawals made during a calendar month, within such time period as is 
prescribed in regulations but not to exceed the 20th day following such 
calendar month.
    (B) When an entry of merchandise is made under this section, the 
required documentation or information shall be filed or electronically 
transmitted either by the owner or purchaser of the merchandise or, when 
appropriately designated by the owner, purchaser, or consignee of the 
merchandise, a person holding a valid license under section 1641 of this 
title. When a consignee declares on entry that he is the owner or 
purchaser of merchandise the Customs Service may, without liability, 
accept the declaration. For the purposes of this chapter, the importer 
of record must be one of the parties who is eligible to file the 
documentation or information required by this section.
    (C) The Secretary, in prescribing regulations to carry out this 
subsection, shall establish procedures which insure the accuracy and 
timeliness of import statistics, particularly statistics relevant to the 
classification and valuation of imports. Corrections of errors in such 
statistical data shall be transmitted immediately to the Director of the 
Bureau of the Census, who shall make corrections in the statistics 
maintained by the Bureau. The Secretary shall also provide, to the 
maximum extent practicable, for the protection of the revenue, the 
enforcement of laws governing the importation and exportation of 
merchandise, the facilitation of the commerce of the United States, and 
the equal treatment of all importers of record of imported merchandise.

(b) Reconciliation

                           (1) In general

        A party may elect to file a reconciliation with regard to such 
    entry elements as are identified by the party pursuant to 
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary. If the party so elects, the 
    party shall declare that a reconciliation will be filed. The 
    declaration shall be made in such manner as the Secretary shall 
    prescribe and at the time the documentation or information required 
    by subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section or the import activity 
    summary statement is filed with, or transmitted to, the Customs 
    Service, or at such later time as the Customs Service may, in its 
    discretion, permit. The reconciliation shall be filed by the 
    importer of record at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
    prescribes but not later than 15 months after the date the importer 
    declares his intent to file the reconciliation. In the case of 
    reconciling issues relating to the assessment of antidumping and 
    countervailing duties, the reconciliation shall be filed not later 
    than 90 days after the date the Customs Service advises the importer 
    that the period of review for antidumping or countervailing duty 
    purposes has been completed. Before filing a reconciliation, an 
    importer of record shall post bond or other security pursuant to 
    such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

               (2) Regulations regarding AD/CV duties

        The Secretary shall prescribe, in consultation with the 
    Secretary of Commerce, such regulations as are necessary to adapt 
    the reconciliation process for use in the collection of antidumping 
    and countervailing duties.

(c) Release of merchandise

    The Customs Service may permit the entry and release of merchandise 
from customs custody in accordance with such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe. No officer of the Customs Service shall be 
liable to any person with respect to the delivery of merchandise 
released from customs custody in accordance with such regulations.

(d) Signing and contents

    (1) Entries shall be signed by the importer of record, or his agent, 
unless filed pursuant to an electronic data interchange system. If 
electronically filed, each transmission of data shall be certified by an 
importer of record or his agent, one of whom shall be resident in the 
United States for purposes of receiving service of process, as being 
true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and such 
transmission shall be binding in the same manner and to the same extent 
as a signed document. The entry shall set forth such facts in regard to 
the importation as the Secretary may require and shall be accompanied by 
such invoices, bills of lading, certificates, and documents, or their 
electronically submitted equivalents, as are required by regulation.
    (2) The Secretary, in prescribing regulations governing the content 
of entry documentation, shall require that entry documentation contain 
such information as may be necessary to determine whether the imported 
merchandise bears an infringing trademark in violation of section 1124 
of title 15 or any other applicable law, including a trademark appearing 
on the goods or packaging.

(e) Production of invoice

    The Secretary may provide by regulation for the production of an 
invoice, parts thereof, or the electronic equivalents thereof, in such 
manner and form, and under such terms and conditions, as the Secretary 
considers necessary.

(f) Statistical enumeration

    The Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, and the United States 
International Trade Commission shall establish from time to time for 
statistical purposes an enumeration of articles in such detail as in 
their judgment may be necessary, comprehending all merchandise imported 
into the United States and exported from the United States, and shall 
seek, in conjunction with statistical programs for domestic production 
and programs for achieving international harmonization of trade 
statistics, to establish the comparability thereof with such enumeration 
of articles. All import entries and export declarations shall include or 
have attached thereto an accurate statement specifying, in terms of such 
detailed enumeration, the kinds and quantities of all merchandise 
imported and exported and the value of the total quantity of each kind 
of article.

(g) Statement of cost of production

    Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Customs 
Service may require a verified statement from the manufacturer or 
producer showing the cost of producing the imported merchandise, if the 
Customs Service considers such verification necessary for the 
appraisement of such merchandise.

(h) Admissibility of data electronically transmitted

    Any entry or other information transmitted by means of an authorized 
electronic data interchange system shall be admissible in any and all 
administrative and judicial proceedings as evidence of such entry or 
information.

(i) Special rule for foreign trade zone operations

                           (1) In general

        Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as 
    provided in paragraph (3), all merchandise (including merchandise of 
    different classes, types, and categories), withdrawn from a foreign 
    trade zone during any 7-day period, shall, at the option of the 
    operator or user of the zone, be the subject of a single estimated 
    entry or release filed on or before the first day of the 7-day 
    period in which the merchandise is to be withdrawn from the zone. 
    The estimated entry or release shall be treated as a single entry 
    and a single release of merchandise for purposes of section 
    58c(a)(9)(A) of this title and all fee exclusions and limitations of 
    such section 58c of this title shall apply, including the maximum 
    and minimum fee amounts provided for under subsection (b)(8)(A)(i) 
    of such section. The entry summary for the estimated entry or 
    release shall cover only the merchandise actually withdrawn from the 
    foreign trade zone during the 7-day period.

                       (2) Other requirements

        The Secretary of the Treasury may require that the operator or 
    user of the zone--
            (A) use an electronic data interchange approved by the 
        Customs Service--
                (i) to file the entries described in paragraph (1); and
                (ii) to pay the applicable duties, fees, and taxes with 
            respect to the entries; and

            (B) satisfy the Customs Service that accounting, 
        transportation, and other controls over the merchandise are 
        adequate to protect the revenue and meet the requirements of 
        other Federal agencies.

                            (3) Exception

        The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to merchandise 
    the entry of which is prohibited by law or merchandise for which the 
    filing of an entry summary is required before the merchandise is 
    released from customs custody.

                    (4) Foreign trade zone; zone

        In this subsection, the terms ``foreign trade zone'' and 
    ``zone'' mean a zone established pursuant to the Act of June 18, 
    1934, commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81a 
    et seq.).

(j) Treatment of multiple entries of merchandise as single transaction

    In the case of merchandise that is purchased and invoiced as a 
single entity but--
        (1) is shipped in an unassembled or disassembled condition in 
    separate shipments due to the size or nature of the merchandise, or
        (2) is shipped in separate shipments due to the inability of the 
    carrier to include all of the merchandise in a single shipment (at 
    the instruction of the carrier),

the Customs Service may, upon application by an importer in advance, 
treat such separate shipments for entry purposes as a single 
transaction.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 484, 46 Stat. 722; June 25, 
1938, ch. 679, Sec. 12, 52 Stat. 1083; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, 
Secs. 3(b), 16(b), (c), 67 Stat. 509, 517; Pub. L. 91-271, title III, 
Sec. 301(i), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 288; Pub. L. 93-618, title VI, 
Sec. 608(a), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2073; Pub. L. 95-106, Sec. 4, Aug. 
17, 1977, 91 Stat. 869; Pub. L. 95-410, title I, Sec. 102(a), Oct. 3, 
1978, 92 Stat. 888; Pub. L. 97-446, title II, Sec. 201(d), Jan. 12, 
1983, 96 Stat. 2349; Pub. L. 103-182, title VI, Sec. 637(a), Dec. 8, 
1993, 107 Stat. 2200; Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 12, July 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 
1389; Pub. L. 104-295, Secs. 18(b), 21(e)(6), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3524, 3531; Pub. L. 106-200, title IV, Sec. 410(a), May 18, 2000, 114 
Stat. 297; Pub. L. 106-476, title I, Sec. 1460(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 
Stat. 2171.)

                       References in Text

    The Foreign Trade Zones Act, referred to in subsec. (i)(4), is act 
June 18, 1934, ch. 590, 48 Stat. 998, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 1A (Sec. 81a et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 484, 42 Stat. 960. That section 
was superseded by section 484 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Provisions requiring entry of goods, and prescribing the manner of 
making it, the documents to be produced, etc., were contained in R.S. 
Sec. 2785. Provision for entry when the particulars of the merchandise 
were unknown was made by R.S. Sec. 2788. A special provision regarding 
entry of distilled spirits and wines was contained in R.S. Sec. 2794. 
All of these sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, 
title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.
    Provisions relating to the production of certified invoices were 
contained in act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. III, E, 38 Stat. 182, which 
reenacted the provisions of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of Aug. 5, 
1909, ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 Stat. 92, which amended Customs Administrative 
Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, Sec. 4, 26 Stat. 131. Said section III, 
E, was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 643, 42 
Stat. 989. Earlier provisions were contained in R.S. Sec. 2860, and act 
June 22, 1874, ch. 391, Secs. 9, 10, and 11, all repealed by act June 
10, 1890, ch. 407, Sec. 29, 26 Stat. 141.
    R.S. Sec. 2842 required bond for the production of an invoice duly 
certified by the oath of the owner or one of them, in the case of 
merchandise belonging to a resident of the United States absent from the 
place of entry. R.S. Sec. 2852, provided that when merchandise was 
admitted to entry on invoice, the collector should certify the same, and 
no other evidence of value should be admitted on the part of the owner, 
except in corroboration of the entry. R.S. Sec. 2859, made special 
provision for entry of merchandise from countries where there was no 
United States consul, etc. These sections were all repealed by act Sept. 
21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 989.
    R.S. Secs. 2847 and 2848 authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to 
admit to entry in certain cases merchandise subject to ad valorem duty, 
belonging to a person not residing in the United States, not accompanied 
with an invoice verified and authenticated as required by preceding 
section. They became inoperative by the repeal of R.S. Secs. 2843, 2845, 
by the Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, Sec. 29, 26 
Stat. 141, reenacted by the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of Aug. 5, 1909, 
ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 Stat. 104, and the enactment of provisions for entry 
of goods without invoice by section 4 of said Customs Administrative Act 
amended by the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, and further amended by the 
Underwood Tariff Act of Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. III, E, and were 
repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 
989.
    R.S. Sec. 2858, provided that the Secretary of the Treasury, 
whenever it had become impracticable for the person desiring to make 
entry of merchandise to produce any invoice thereof, might authorize the 
entry thereof, and remit forfeitures in such cases, as in other cases 
under the revenue laws. It was repealed by the Customs Administrative 
Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, Sec. 29, 26 Stat. 141, reenacted by the 
Payne-Aldrich Act of Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 Stat. 104.
    A provision relating to statistical enumeration of merchandise, 
except that the ``accurate statement'' was to be a part of the 
declaration therein provided for, and a further provision making it the 
duty of the consular officer to whom the invoice should be produced to 
require the information to be given, were contained in act Oct. 3, 1913, 
ch. 16, Sec. III, F, 38 Stat. 182, amending the Customs Administrative 
Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, Sec. 5, 26 Stat. 132, as previously 
amended by Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 
Stat. 95. Said section III, F, was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 
356, title IV, Sec. 643, 42 Stat. 989.
    Prior provisions on the subject of subsequent entry of part of 
merchandise and separate entry of packages contained in packages for 
delivery to others were contained in act May 1, 1876, ch. 89, Sec. 1, 19 
Stat. 49, which was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, 
Sec. 643, 42 Stat. 989; and in act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. III, F, 38 
Stat. 182, amending Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 
407, Sec. 5, 26 Stat. 132, as previously amended by Payne-Aldrich Tariff 
Act of Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 Stat. 95. Said section III, F, 
was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 643, 42 
Stat. 989.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106-200 added subsec. (i).
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 106-476 added subsec. (j).
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 21(e)(6), substituted 
``and 1553'' for ``1553, and 1336(j)''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 18(b), substituted ``A party 
may elect to file a reconciliation with regard to such entry elements as 
are identified by the party pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. If the party so elects, the party shall declare that a 
reconciliation will be filed. The declaration shall be made in such 
manner as the Secretary shall prescribe and at the time the 
documentation or information required by subsection (a)(1)(B) of this 
section or the import activity summary statement is filed with, or 
transmitted to, the Customs Service, or at such later time as the 
Customs Service may, in its discretion, permit. The reconciliation shall 
be filed by the importer of record at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary prescribes but not later than 15 months after the date the 
importer declares his intent to file the reconciliation. In the case of 
reconciling issues relating to the assessment of antidumping and 
countervailing duties, the reconciliation shall be filed not later than 
90 days after the date the Customs Service advises the importer that the 
period of review for antidumping or countervailing duty purposes has 
been completed.'' for ``A party that electronically transmits an entry 
summary or import activity summary statement may at the time of filing 
such summary or statement notify the Customs Service of his intention to 
file a reconciliation pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe. Such reconciliation must be filed by the importer of record 
within such time period as is prescribed by regulation but no later than 
15 months following the filing of the entry summary or import activity 
summary statement; except that the prescribed time period for 
reconciliation issues relating to the assessment of antidumping and 
countervailing duties shall require filing no later than 90 days after 
the Customs Service advises the importer that a period of review for 
antidumping or countervailing duty purposes has been completed.''
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-153 designated existing provisions as par. 
(1) and added par. (2).
    1993--Pub. L. 103-182 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions relating to entry of merchandise and 
providing specifically for requirement and time, production of certified 
invoice, production of bill of lading, signing and contents of entry, 
statistical enumeration, packages included, statement of cost of 
production, certification of owner by carrier, acceptance of duplicate 
bill of lading, and release of merchandise from customs custody.
    1983--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(1)(A), substituted 
``one of the parties qualifying as `importer of record' under paragraph 
(2)(C) of this subsection'' for ``the consignee of imported 
merchandise'', and ``authorized by him'' for ``authorized by the 
consignee''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(C), (D). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(1)(B), (C), 
added subpar. (C), redesignated former subpar. (C) as (D), and in 
subpar. (D) as so redesignated substituted ``importers of record'' for 
``consignees'' after ``treatment of all''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(2), substituted ``importer 
of record'' for ``consignee'' before ``shall produce''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(2), substituted ``importer 
of record'' for ``consignee'' after ``signed by the''.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(3), substituted provision 
relating to authority of carrier of merchandise bringing it into the 
port to certify any person to receive the merchandise if the carrier has 
actual knowledge of the accuracy of the certification, for provision 
that any person certified by the carrier bringing the merchandise to the 
port at which entry was to be made to be the owner or consignee of the 
merchandise, or an agent of such owner or consignee, might make entry 
thereof, either in person or by an authorized agent, in the manner and 
subject to the requirements prescribed in this section (or in 
regulations promulgated hereunder) in the case of a consignee within the 
meaning of paragraph (1) of section 1483 of this title.
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 97-446, Sec. 201(d)(3), substituted provision 
authorizing appropriate customs officer to accept a duplicate bill of 
lading, for provision that any person might, upon the production of a 
duplicate bill of lading signed or certified to be genuine by the 
carrier bringing the merchandise to the port at which entry was to be 
made, make entry for the merchandise in respect to which such bill of 
lading was issued, in the manner and subject to the requirements 
prescribed in this section (or in regulations promulgated hereunder) in 
the case of a consignee within the meaning of paragraph (1) of section 
1483 of this title, except that such person was to make such entry in 
his own name.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-410, Sec. 102(a)(1), incorporated 
first sentence in introductory text of par. designated (1), added 
subpars. (A) and (B) and par. (2), and struck out second sentence which 
required the entry to be made at the customhouse within five days, 
exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after the entry of the importing 
vessel or report of the vehicle, or after the arrival at the port of 
destination in the case of merchandise transported in bond, unless the 
appropriate customs officer authorized in writing a longer time.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 95-410, Sec. 102(a)(2), substituted 
``subsection'' for ``subdivision''.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 95-410, Sec. 102(a)(3), struck out ``The custom 
officer shall return to the person making entry the bill of lading (if 
any is produced) with a notation thereon to the effect that entry for 
such merchandise has been made.''
    1977--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95-106 substituted ``production and 
programs for achieving international harmonization of trade 
statistics,'' for ``production,''.
    1975--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-618 substituted ``United States 
International Trade Commission'' for ``United States Tariff Commission'' 
and inserted references to an enumeration of articles exported from the 
United States and, in conjunction with statistical programs for domestic 
production, to the establishment of the comparability thereof with the 
enumeration of articles.
    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-271, Sec. 301(i)(1), substituted 
reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-271, Sec. 301(i)(2), (3), substituted 
references to appropriate customs officer or such customs officer for 
references to collector wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 91-271, Sec. 301(i)(4), substituted reference 
to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector or appraiser.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 91-271, Sec. 301(i)(5), (6), substituted 
references to customs officer or such customs officer for references to 
collector wherever appearing.
    1953--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 8, 1953, Sec. 16(b), substituted ``five 
days'' for ``forty-eight hours''.
    Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 8, 1953, Sec. 16(c), granted the Secretary of 
the Treasury discretion to require certified invoices with respect to 
merchandise entered as he deems advisable and to establish terms under 
which merchandise may be imported without a certified invoice, in lieu 
of former provision that all such merchandise should be accompanied by 
an invoice certified by a United States consulate except in certain 
enumerated situations, and of the former provision that the Secretary 
might grant certain other exceptions.
    Subsec. (f). Act Aug. 8, 1953, Sec. 3(b), inserted provision 
relating to acceptance at port of entry designated by consignee or his 
agent in cases of articles not subject to a quantitative or tariff-rate 
quota.
    1938--Subsec. (f). Act June 25, 1938, inserted provision relating to 
authorization by the Secretary for inclusion of portions of merchandise 
in separate entries under such rules and regulations as he may 
prescribe.


                    Effective Date of 2000 Amendments

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-476, except as otherwise provided, 
applicable with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption, on or after the 15th day after Nov. 9, 2000, see 
section 1471 of Pub. L. 106-476, set out as a note under section 58c of 
this title.
    Pub. L. 106-200, title IV, Sec. 410(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298, 
provided that: ``The amendment made by this section [amending this 
section] shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act [May 18, 2000].''


                    Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

    Section 201(g) of Pub. L. 97-446 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending the General headnotes of the Tariff 
Schedules, this section, and sections 1485, 1487, 1494, 1505, and 1557 
of this title, and repealing section 1483 of this title] shall apply 
with respect to merchandise entered on and after the 30th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 12, 1983].''


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Section 102(b) of Pub. L. 95-410 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 3, 1978].''


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Section 608(e) of Pub. L. 93-618 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] insofar as it related to 
export declarations shall take effect on January 1, 1976.''


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.


           Effective Date of 1953 Amendment; Savings Provision

    Amendment by act Aug. 8, 1953, effective on and after thirtieth day 
following Aug. 8, 1953, and savings provision, see notes set out under 
section 1304 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1938 Amendment

    Amendment by act June 25, 1938, effective on thirtieth day following 
June 25, 1938, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 37 
of act June 25, 1938, set out as a note under section 1401 of this 
title.


                               Regulations

    Pub. L. 106-476, title I, Sec. 1460(b), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2171, provided that: ``Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Nov. 9, 2000], the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall issue regulations to carry out section 484(j) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 [19 U.S.C. 1484(j)], as added by subsection (a).''


                           Drug Paraphernalia

    Pub. L. 101-382, title I, Sec. 137, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 652, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Statistical Annotations.--The Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of Commerce, and the United States International Trade 
Commission shall take actions under section 484(e) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(e)) to implement the recommendations of the 
Commission regarding additional statistical annotations that were made 
in the report of the Commission on Investigation 332-277.
    ``(b) Report.--By no later than the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1990], the Commissioner of 
Customs shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on 
the operational response of the United States Customs Service to the 
recommendations contained in the report of the United States Trade 
Commission described in subsection (a). The report submitted by the 
Commissioner of Customs under this subsection shall address the 
effectiveness of the United States Customs Service in monitoring and 
seizing drug paraphernalia, including crack bags, vials, and pipes.''


                Study of Commodity Classification Systems

    Section 608(b) of Pub. L. 93-618 mandated a joint study by the 
Secretary of Commerce and the United States International Trade 
Commission with a view toward development of an enumeration of articles 
resulting in comparability of import, production, and export data, with 
the submission of a report to both Houses of Congress and to the 
President no later than Aug. 1, 1975.


     Investigation by United States International Trade Commission; 
               Formulation of International Commodity Code

    Section 608(c) of Pub. L. 93-618 authorized an investigation by the 
United States International Trade Commission to provide the basis for 
the formulation of an international commodity code (with a report to be 
submitted to both Houses of Congress and to the President no later than 
June 1, 1975) and to provide the basis for full and immediate 
participation by the Trade Commission in the United States contribution 
to technical work of the Harmonized Systems Committee to assure 
recognition of the needs of the business community in the development of 
a harmonized code.


  Cooperation of Governmental Agencies With Secretary of Commerce and 
      United States International Trade Commission in Studies and 
                             Investigations

    Section 608(d) of Pub. L. 93-618 provided that: ``The President is 
requested to direct the appropriate agencies to cooperate fully with the 
Secretary of Commerce and the United States International Trade 
Commission in carrying out their responsibilities under subsections (a) 
[amending this section], (b), and (c) [see notes set out above].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 58c, 81c, 1401, 1414, 1481, 
1485, 1504, 1592a, 3007, 3010 of this title; title 15 section 70g.
