Federal

Title 19 — Customs Duties

1,111 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3721 — Treatment of certain textiles and apparel
• § 3722 — Protections against transshipment
• § 3723 — Free trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries
• § 3724 — Assistant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs
• § 3731 — Sense of the Congress regarding comprehensive debt relief for the world’s poorest countries
• § 3732 — Executive branch initiatives
• § 3733 — Overseas Private Investment Corporation initiatives
• § 3734 — Export-Import Bank initiatives
• § 3735 — Expansion of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in sub-Saharan Africa
• § 3736 — Donation of air traffic control equipment to eligible sub-Saharan African countries
• § 3737 — Additional authorities and increased flexibility to provide assistance under the Development Fund for Africa
• § 3738 — Assistance from United States private sector to prevent and reduce HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
• § 3739 — Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
• § 3740 — Study on improving African agricultural practices
• § 3741 — Sense of the Congress regarding efforts to combat desertification in Africa and other countries
• § 376 — Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(10) , 70 Stat. 947
• § 377 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 378 — Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1 , 47 Stat. 1349
• § 379 — Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(25) , 70 Stat. 947
• § 38 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 380 to 389 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 3801 — Short title and findings
• § 3802 — Trade negotiating objectives
• § 3803 — Trade agreements authority
• § 3804 — Consultations and assessment
• § 3805 — Implementation of trade agreements
• § 3806 — Treatment of certain trade agreements for which negotiations have already begun
• § 3807 — Congressional Oversight Group
• § 3808 — Additional implementation and enforcement requirements
• § 3809 — Committee staff
• § 3810 — Application of certain provisions
• § 3811 — Report on impact of trade promotion authority
• § 3812 — Interests of small business
• § 3813 — Definitions
• § 39 — Repealed. Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 2(a) , 67 Stat. 507
• § 390 — Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(26) , 70 Stat. 948
• § 3901 — Findings
• § 3902 — Definitions
• § 3903 — Measures for the importation and exportation of rough diamonds
• § 3904 — Regulatory and other authority
• § 3905 — Importing and exporting authorities
• § 3906 — Statement of policy
• § 3907 — Enforcement
• § 3908 — Technical assistance
• § 3909 — Sense of Congress
• § 391 — Ascertainment of duties on grain
• § 3910 — Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee
• § 3911 — Reports
• § 3912 — GAO report
• § 3913 — Delegation of authorities
• § 392 to 405 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 4 — Omitted
• § 40 — Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(15) , 70 Stat. 947
• § 4001 — Purposes
• § 4002 — Definitions
• § 4011 — Approval and entry into force of the Agreement
• § 4012 — Relationship of the Agreement to United States and State law
• § 4013 — Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial regulations
• § 4014 — Consultation and layover provisions for, and effective date of, proclaimed actions
• § 4015 — Administration of dispute settlement proceedings
• § 4016 — Arbitration of claims
• § 4031 — Tariff modifications
• § 4032 — Additional duties on certain agricultural goods
• § 4033 — Rules of origin
• § 4034 — Retroactive application for certain liquidations and reliquidations of textile or apparel goods
• § 4035 — Enforcement relating to trade in textile or apparel goods
• § 4036 — Regulations
• § 4051 — Definitions
• § 405a — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–417, title VI, § 603 , Oct. 10, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1744
• § 405b — Omitted
• § 406 to 409 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat 762, eff. June 18, 1930
• § 4061 — Commencing of action for relief
• § 4062 — Commission action on petition
• § 4063 — Provision of relief
• § 4064 — Termination of relief authority
• § 4065 — Compensation authority
• § 4081 — Commencement of action for relief
• § 4082 — Determination and provision of relief
• § 4083 — Period of relief
• § 4084 — Articles exempt from relief
• § 4085 — Rate after termination of import relief
• § 4086 — Termination of relief authority
• § 4087 — Compensation authority
• § 4088 — Confidential business information
• § 41 — Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1 , 47 Stat. 1349
• § 4101 — Findings and action on goods of CAFTA–DR countries
• § 4111 — Periodic reports and meetings on labor obligations and labor capacity-building provisions
• § 4112 — Earned import allowance program
• § 413 to 419 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, §§ 641(e), 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 760 , 762, eff. June 18, 1930
• § 42 to 45 — Repealed. Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 2(a) , 67 Stat. 507
• § 420 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–456, title III, § 303(c) , May 24, 1962 , 76 Stat. 78
• § 4201 — Trade negotiating objectives
• § 4202 — Trade agreements authority
• § 4203 — Congressional oversight, consultations, and access to information
• § 4204 — Notice, consultations, and reports
• § 4205 — Implementation of trade agreements
• § 4206 — Treatment of certain trade agreements for which negotiations have already begun
• § 4207 — Sovereignty
• § 4208 — Interests of small businesses
• § 4209 — Application of certain provisions
• § 4210 — Definitions
• § 4301 — Definitions
• § 4311 — Improving partnership programs
• § 4312 — Priorities and performance standards for customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs
• § 4313 — Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade
• § 4314 — Joint strategic plan
• § 4315 — Consultations with respect to mutual recognition arrangements
• § 4316 — Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee
• § 4317 — Centers of Excellence and Expertise
• § 4318 — Commercial risk assessment targeting and trade alerts
• § 4319 — Report on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures
• § 4320 — Importer of record program
• § 4321 — Establishment of importer risk assessment program
• § 4322 — Priority trade issues
• § 4323 — Appropriate congressional committees defined
• § 4331 — Interagency Import Safety Working Group
• § 4332 — Joint import safety rapid response plan
• § 4333 — Training
• § 4341 — Definition of intellectual property rights
• § 4342 — Notification of persons injured by circumvention devices
• § 4343 — Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright registration is pending
• § 4344 — National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
• § 4345 — Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights
• § 4346 — Personnel dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights
• § 4347 — Training with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights
• § 4348 — International cooperation and information sharing
• § 4349 — Report on intellectual property rights enforcement
• § 4350 — Information for travelers regarding violations of intellectual property rights
• § 4361 — Definitions
• § 4362 — Application to Canada and Mexico
• § 4371 — Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division
• § 4372 — Collection of information on evasion of trade remedy laws
• § 4373 — Additional information
• § 4374 — Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws
• § 4375 — Trade negotiating objectives
• § 4391 — Allocation and training of personnel
• § 4392 — Annual report on prevention and investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders
• § 4401 — Inclusion of interest in certain distributions of antidumping duties and countervailing duties
• § 4402 — Illicitly imported, exported, or trafficked cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, and fish, wildlife, and plants
• § 4403 — Honey transshipment
• § 4404 — Report on actions taken by United States Trade Representative
• § 4405 — Trade Enforcement Trust Fund
• § 4421 — Enhancement of engagement on currency exchange rate and economic policies with certain major trading partners of the United States
• § 4422 — Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy
• § 4431 — Definitions
• § 4432 — Establishment of preclearance operations
• § 4433 — Notification and certification to Congress
• § 4434 — Lost and stolen passports
• § 4435 — Recovery of initial U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance operations costs
• § 4436 — Application to new and existing preclearance operations
• § 4451 — Report on certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreements
• § 4452 — United States-Israel trade and commercial enhancement
• § 4453 — Report on compliance with prohibition on importation of goods made with convict, forced, or indentured labor
• § 4454 — Trade preferences for Nepal
• § 4501 — Purpose
• § 4502 — Definitions
• § 451 to 459 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 4511 — Approval and entry into force of the USMCA
• § 4512 — Relationship of the USMCA to United States and State law
• § 4513 — Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force; initial regulations; tariff proclamation authority
• § 4514 — Consultation and layover provisions for, and effective date of, proclaimed actions
• § 4515 — Administration of dispute settlement proceedings
• § 4516 — Trade Representative authority
• § 4531 — Rules of origin
• § 4532 — Special rules for automotive goods
• § 4533 — Actions regarding verification of claims under the USMCA
• § 4534 — Drawback
• § 4535 — Regulations
• § 4551 — USMCA article impact in import relief cases under Trade Act of 1974
• § 4552 — Presidential action regarding USMCA imports
• § 4561 — Temporary entry
• § 4571 — Definitions
• § 4572 — Investigations and determinations by Commission
• § 4573 — Commission recommendations and report
• § 4574 — Action by President with respect to affirmative determination
• § 4581 — References in part
• § 4582 — Organizational and administrative provisions
• § 4583 — Testimony and production of papers in extraordinary challenges
• § 4584 — Requests for review of determinations by competent investigating authorities
• § 4585 — Rules of procedure for panels and committees
• § 4586 — Subsidy negotiations
• § 4587 — Identification of industries facing subsidized imports
• § 4588 — Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law
• § 46, 47 — Repealed. Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1 , 47 Stat. 1349
• § 460 — Retention of distilled spirits, wines, etc., in warehouse during prohibitory period
• § 4601 — Effect of termination of USMCA country status
• § 461 to 466 — Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497 , title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 , eff. June 18, 1930
• § 4611 — Participation in joint reviews with Canada and Mexico regarding extension of the term of the USMCA and other action regarding the USMCA
• § 4621 — Termination of USMCA
• § 4631 — Definitions
• § 4641 — Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement
• § 4642 — Duties
• § 4643 — Enforcement priorities
• § 4644 — Assessments
• § 4645 — Recommendation for enforcement action
• § 4646 — Petition process
• § 4647 — Hotline
• § 4648 — Reports
• § 4649 — Consultations on appointment and funding of rapid response labor panelists
• § 4661 — Establishment