                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
     Part IV--Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise
 
Sec. 1553a. Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by 
        pipeline
        
    Merchandise in Customs \1\ custody that is transported by pipeline 
may be accounted for on a quantitative basis, based on the bill of 
lading, or equivalent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline 
carrier. Unless the Customs Service has reasonable cause to suspect 
fraud, the Customs Service may accept the bill of lading, or equivalent 
document of receipt, issued by the pipeline carrier to the shipper and 
accepted by the consignee to maintain identity. The shipper, pipeline 
operator, and consignee shall be subject to the recordkeeping 
requirements of sections 1508 and 1509 of this title.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 553A, as added Pub. L. 103-182, 
title VI, Sec. 664, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2215.)
