Trade Fair Program.US Code

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19 USC CHAPTER 6 - TRADE FAIR PROGRAM 02/01/2010

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TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES

CHAPTER 6 - TRADE FAIR PROGRAM

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CHAPTER 6 - TRADE FAIR PROGRAM

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1751. Designation of fairs.

1752. Entry of articles for fairs.

1753. Disposition of articles entered for fairs.

1754. Marking, packaging, and labeling requirements.

1755. Responsibilities of fair operator.

1756. Regulations.

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19 USC Sec. 1751 02/01/2010

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TITLE 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES

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Sec. 1751. Designation of fairs

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(a) Notice to Secretary of the Treasury

When the Secretary of Commerce is satisfied that the public

interest in promoting trade will be served by allowance of the

privileges provided for in this chapter to any fair to be held in

the United States, he shall so advise the Secretary of the

Treasury, designating (1) the name of the fair, (2) the place where

the fair will be held, (3) the date when the fair will open and the

date when it will close, and (4) the name of the operator of the

fair.

(b) Definitions

For purposes of this chapter -

(1) The term "fair" means any fair, exhibition, or exposition

designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to this section.

(2) The term "closing date" in the case of any fair means the

date designated pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of this section as

the date when the fair will close, or (if earlier) the date on

which such fair actually closes.

(c) Regulations

The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe such regulations as he

deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this

section.

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 2, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

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SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-14 provided: "This Act [enacting this

chapter] may be cited as the 'Trade Fair Act of 1959'."

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19 USC Sec. 1752 02/01/2010

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Sec. 1752. Entry of articles for fairs

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Any article imported or brought into the United States -

(1) which is in continuous customs custody, covered by a

customs exhibition bond, or in a foreign trade zone, and

(2) on which no duty or internal-revenue tax has been paid,

may, without payment of any duty or internal-revenue tax, be

entered under bond under this section for the purpose of exhibition

at a fair, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining

foreign exhibits at a fair.

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 3, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

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IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE UNDER JUDICIAL PROCESS OF CULTURAL OBJECTS

IMPORTED FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITION OR DISPLAY

Presidential determination of cultural significance of objects

and exhibition or display thereof in the national interest, see

section 2459 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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19 USC Sec. 1753 02/01/2010

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Sec. 1753. Disposition of articles entered for fairs

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(a) Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes

At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of

any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of

this title may be sold or otherwise disposed of within, or may be

removed from, the area of such fair. This subsection shall apply

only if, before such disposition or removal -

(1) the article, after the entry for such fair under section

1752 of this title, has been entered under any provision of the

customs laws, and

(2) any applicable duties and internal-revenue taxes are paid

on such article in its condition and quantity, and at the rate in

effect, at the time of such entry as if such article were

imported or brought into the United States at the time of such

entry.

(b) Disposition without payment of duties or taxes

At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of

any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of

this title may, without the payment of any duties or internal-

revenue taxes, be -

(1) exported,

(2) transferred from such fair to other customs custody status

or to a foreign-trade zone,

(3) destroyed, or

(4) abandoned to the Government.

(c) Mandatory abandonment to Government

If any article entered under section 1752 of this title is still

in customs custody, under such entry, at the expiration of 3 months

after the closing date of the fair for which it was entered, such

article shall thereupon be regarded as an article abandoned to the

Government and shall be subject to sale or destruction of the

article and disposition of the proceeds of sale in the manner

provided for in sections 1491, 1492, and 1493 of this title. For

purposes of this subsection, any duties or internal-revenue taxes

on the article shall be computed on the basis of its condition and

quantity at the time it becomes subject to sale.

(d) Period for performance of certain acts

Whenever any article entered under section 1752 of this title is

transferred pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section or

entered under subsection (a) of this section, the period prescribed

for the performance of any act required by the provision governing

the status to which the article is transferred, or under which the

article is entered, shall run from the date of such transfer or

entry.

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 4, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 18.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are classified

generally to this title.

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19 USC Sec. 1754 02/01/2010

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Sec. 1754. Marking, packaging, and labeling requirements

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(a) Marking requirements of the customs laws

Articles entered under section 1752 of this title shall not be

subject to any marking requirements of the customs laws, except

that when any such article is entered for consumption under section

1753 of this title it shall not be released from customs custody

until the marking requirements of the customs laws have been

complied with.

(b) Packaging, marking, or labeling requirements of the internal-

revenue laws or the Federal Alcohol Administration Act

Articles entered under section 1752 of this title shall not be

subject to the packaging, marking, or labeling requirements of the

internal-revenue laws or of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act

[27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], except that any such article failing to

comply with such requirements -

(1) shall be conspicuously marked prior to exhibition "Not

labeled or packaged as required by law - not for sale", and

(2) when entered for consumption under section 1753 of this

title, shall not be released from customs custody until such

packaging, marking, and labeling requirements have been complied

with.

The application of the permit requirements of the Federal Alcohol

Administration Act and the occupational taxes prescribed by chapter

51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be determined without

regard to this chapter.

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 5, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 99-514,

Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)

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The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified

generally to this title.

The internal-revenue laws, referred to in subsec. (b), are

classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

The Federal Alcohol Administration Act, referred to in subsec.

(b), is act Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, 49 Stat. 977, as amended, which

is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 201 et seq.) of

chapter 8 of Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors. For complete

classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 27

and Tables.

Chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in

subsec. (b), is classified to section 5001 et seq. of Title 26,

Internal Revenue Code.

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AMENDMENTS

1986 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal Revenue

Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954".

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19 USC Sec. 1755 02/01/2010

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Sec. 1755. Responsibilities of fair operator

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(a) Sole consignee and importer

Each fair operator designated by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to section 1751 of this title shall be deemed the sole

consignee and importer of all articles entered under section 1752

of this title for the fair for which such operator has been

designated.

(b) Reimbursement of customs charges and expenses

The actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and

other expenses in connection with the entry, examination,

appraisement, custody, abandonment, destruction, or release of

articles entered under section 1752 of this title, together with

the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and

employees in connection with the accounting for, custody of, and

supervision over, such articles, shall be reimbursed to the United

States by the operator of the fair for which they are entered.

Receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to

the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in

section 1524 of this title.

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 6, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 19.)

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19 USC Sec. 1756 02/01/2010

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Sec. 1756. Regulations

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The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as

may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this

chapter (other than section 1751 thereof).

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(Pub. L. 86-14, Sec. 7, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 19.)

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