                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
     Part IV--Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise
 
Sec. 1553. Entry for transportation and exportation; lottery 
        material from Canada
        
    (a) Any merchandise, other than explosives and merchandise the 
importation of which is prohibited, shown by the manifest, bill of 
lading, shipping receipt, or other document to be destined to a foreign 
country, may be entered for transportation in bond through the United 
States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duties 
and exported under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe; and any baggage or personal effects not containing 
merchandise the importation of which is prohibited arriving in the 
United States destined to a foreign country may, upon the request of the 
owner or carrier having the same in possession for transportation, be 
entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded 
carrier without appraisement or the payment of duty, under such 
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. In places 
where no bonded common-carrier facilities are reasonably available, such 
merchandise may be so transported otherwise than by a bonded common 
carrier under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
prescribe.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the entry for 
transportation in bond through the United States of any lottery ticket, 
printed paper that may be used as a lottery ticket, or any advertisement 
of any lottery, that is printed in Canada, shall be permitted without 
appraisement or the payment of duties under such regulations as the 
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, except that such regulations 
shall not permit the transportation of lottery materials in the personal 
baggage of a traveler.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 553, 46 Stat. 742; June 25, 
1938, ch. 679, Sec. 21, 52 Stat. 1087; Pub. L. 101-382, title III, 
Sec. 484H(a), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 711.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 553, 42 Stat. 976. That section 
was superseded by section 553 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    A prior provision that merchandise destined for a foreign country 
might be entered and conveyed through the territory of the United States 
without payment of duties under regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury was contained in R.S. Sec. 3005, as amended by 
act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 247, and act May 21, 1900, 
ch. 487, Sec. 1, 31 Stat. 181. Res. March 1, 1895, No. 23, 28 Stat. 973, 
partially suspending the operation of that section, was repealed by act 
May 21, 1900, ch. 487, Sec. 2, 31 Stat. 181, and the section was itself 
repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 642, 42 Stat. 
989.
    A provision that baggage or personal effects in transit to a foreign 
country might be delivered to the collector for retention without 
payment of duty, or forwarding to the collector of the port of 
departure, was contained in act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. III, CC, 38 
Stat. 192, which reenacted Customs Administrative Act June 10, 1890, ch. 
407, Sec. 28, 26 Stat. 141, as reenacted by Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act 
Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, Sec. 28, 36 Stat. 104. Said section III, CC, of the 
1913 act was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, 
Sec. 643, 42 Stat. 989.
    R.S. Sec. 2803, on the same subject, was superseded by section 28 of 
the Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890, and repealed by section 
642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922.
    R.S. Sec. 2866, provided for the entry and conveyance in transit, 
without payment of duties, of merchandise arriving at certain ports in 
the United States destined for the British possessions in North America, 
and for conveyance in transit from such possessions for export from said 
ports, in pursuance of provisions of the treaty with Great Britain of 
May 8, 1871. It was repealed on the termination of articles 18-25, 30, 
of that treaty, pursuant to the Joint Resolution of Mar. 3, 1883, No. 
22, 22 Stat. 641.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-382 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).
    1938--Act June 25, 1938, inserted sentence providing for 
transportation otherwise than by bonded carrier where no bonded common-
carrier facilities are reasonably available.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 484H(b) of Pub. L. 101-382, as amended by Pub. L. 104-295, 
Sec. 5, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3517, provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to 
articles entered for transportation in bond on or after the date that is 
15 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 20, 1990].''


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1484 of this title.
