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27 U.S.C. § 203 — Unlawful businesses without permit; application to State agency
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In order effectively to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, to enforce the twenty-first amendment, and to protect the revenue and enforce the postal laws with respect to distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages:
**(a)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of importing into the United States distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages; or
(2) for any person so engaged to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages so imported.
**(b)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of distilling distilled spirits, producing wine, rectifying or blending distilled spirits or wine, or bottling, or warehousing and bottling, distilled spirits; or
(2) for any person so engaged to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spirits or wine so distilled, produced, rectified, blended, or bottled, or warehoused and bottled.
**(c)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of purchasing for resale at wholesale distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages; or
(2) for any person so engaged to receive or to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spir
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In order effectively to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, to enforce the twenty-first amendment, and to protect the revenue and enforce the postal laws with respect to distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages:
**(a)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of importing into the United States distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages; or
(2) for any person so engaged to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages so imported.
**(b)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of distilling distilled spirits, producing wine, rectifying or blending distilled spirits or wine, or bottling, or warehousing and bottling, distilled spirits; or
(2) for any person so engaged to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spirits or wine so distilled, produced, rectified, blended, or bottled, or warehoused and bottled.
**(c)** It shall be unlawful, except pursuant to a basic permit issued under this subchapter by the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) to engage in the business of purchasing for resale at wholesale distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages; or
(2) for any person so engaged to receive or to sell, offer or deliver for sale, contract to sell, or ship, in interstate or foreign commerce, directly or indirectly or through an affiliate, distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages so purchased.
This subsection shall take effect July 1, 1936.
This section shall not apply to any agency of a State or political subdivision thereof or any officer or employee of any such agency, and no such agency or officer or employee shall be required to obtain a basic permit under this subchapter.
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Alcohol Administration Act”.
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**(a) Certain operations may be conducted only on bonded premises** Except as otherwise provided by law, operations as a distiller, warehouseman, or processor may be conducted only on the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant by a person who is qualified under this subchapter.
**(b) Establishment of distilled spirits plant** A distilled spirits plant may be established only by a person who intends to conduct at such plant operations as a distiller, as a warehouseman, or as both.
**(c) Registration**
(1) **In general** — Each person shall, before commencing operations at a distilled spirits plant (and at such other times as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe), make application to the Secretary for, and receive notice of, the registration of such plant.
(2) **Application required where new operations are added** — No operation in addition to those set forth in the application made pursuant to paragraph (1) may be conducted at a distilled spirits plant until the person has made application to the Secretary for, and received notice of, the registration of such additional operation.
(3) **Secretary may establish minimum capacity and level of activity requirements** — The Secretary may by regulations prescribe for each type of operation minimum capacity and level of activity requirements for qualifying premises as a distilled spirits plant.
(4) **Applicant must comply with law and regulations** — No plant (or additional operation) shall be registered under this section until the applicant has complied with the requirements of law and regulations in relation to the qualification of such plant (or additional operation).
**(d) Permits**
(1) **Requirements** — Each person required to file an application for registration under subsection (c) whose distilled
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TITLE 27—INTOXICATING LIQUORS
§ 203
III of 1940, § 2, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1232,
set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organi-
zation and Employees. See also, sections 8 and 9 of said
plan for provisions relating to transfer of records, prop-
erty, personnel, and funds. Section 2 of Reorg. Plan No.
III of 1940 was repealed as executed by Pub. L. 97–258,
§ 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, 1085, the first section
of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. Depart-
ment of the Treasury Order 221 of July 1, 1972, estab-
lished the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and transferred to it functions of the Internal Revenue
Service arising under certain laws relating to alcohol,
tobacco, firearms, and explosives.
§ 202. General provisions
(a) to (d) Omitted
(e) Expenditures
Appropriations to carry out powers and duties
of the Secretary of the Treasury under this
chapter shall be available for expenditure,
among other purposes, for personal services and
rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
expenses for travel and subsistence, for law
books, books of reference, magazines, peri-
odicals, and newspapers, for contract steno-
graphic reporting services, for subscriptions for
library services, for purchase of samples for
analysis or use as evidence, and for holding con-
ferences of State and Federal liquor control offi-
cials.
(f) Utilization of other governmental agencies
The Secretary of the Treasury may, with the
consent of the department or agency affected,
utilize the services of any department or other
agency of the Government to the extent nec-
essary to carry out his powers and duties under
this chapter and authorize officers and employ-
ees thereof to act as his agents.
(g) Applicability of
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