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19 U.S.C. § 1486 — Administration of oaths; verification of documents

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19 U.S.C. § 1486 — Administration of oaths; verification of documents

**(a) Customs officers** The following officers and employees may administer any oaths required or authorized by law or regulations promulgated thereunder in respect of any matter coming before such officers or employees in the performance of their official duties: (1) Any customs officer appointed by the President; (2) the chief assistant of any such officer, or any officer or employee of the customs field service designated for the purpose by such officer or by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (3) any officer or employee of the United States Customs Service designated for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury. **(b) Postmasters** The postmaster or assistant postmaster of the United States at any post office where customs officers are not stationed, is authorized to administer any oaths required to be made to statements in customs documents by importers of merchandise, not exceeding $100 in value, through the mails. **(c) No compensation** No compensation or fee shall be demanded or accepted for administering any oath under the provisions of this section. **(d) Verification in lieu of oath** The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulation prescribe that any document required by any law administered by the Customs Service to be under oath may be verified by a written declaration in such form as he shall prescribe, such declaration to be in lieu of the oath otherwise required.

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19 U.S.C. § 1304 — Marking of imported articles and containers

**(a) Marking of articles** Except as hereinafter provided, every article of foreign origin (or its container, as provided in subsection (b) hereof) imported into the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article (or container) will permit in such manner as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the country of origin of the article. The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulations— (1) Determine the character of words and phrases or abbreviations thereof which shall be acceptable as indicating the country of origin and prescribe any reasonable method of marking, whether by printing, stenciling, stamping, branding, labeling, or by any other reasonable method, and a conspicuous place on the article (or container) where the marking shall appear; (2) Require the addition of any other words or symbols which may be appropriate to prevent deception or mistake as to the origin of the article or as to the origin of any other article with which such imported article is usually combined subsequent to importation but before delivery to an ultimate purchaser; and (3) Authorize the exception of any article from the requirements of marking if— (A) Such article is incapable of being marked; (B) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States without injury; (C) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States, except at an expense economically prohibitive of its importation; (D) The marking of a container of such article will reasonably indicate the origin of such article; (E) Such article is a crude substance; (F) Such article is imported for use by the importer and not intended for sale in its imported or any o

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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31 U.S.C. § 308 — United States Customs Service

The United States Customs Service, established under section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1927 ([19 U.S.C. 2071](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2071&num=0&edition=prelim)), is a service in the Department of the Treasury.

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6 U.S.C. § 211 — National Urban Security Technology Laboratory

**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate the laboratory described in subsection (b) as an additional laboratory pursuant to the authority under [section 188(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section188/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim). Such laboratory shall be used to test and evaluate emerging technologies and conduct research and development to assist emergency response providers in preparing for, and protecting against, threats of terrorism. **(b) Laboratory described** The laboratory described in this subsection is the laboratory— (1) known, as of December 27, 2021, as the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory; and (2) transferred to the Department pursuant to [section 183(1)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section183/1/E&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Laboratory activities** The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory shall— (1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assessments of current and emerging technologies, including, as appropriate, the cybersecurity of such technologies that can connect to the internet, for emergency response providers; (2) act as a technical advisor to emergency response providers; and (3) carry out other such activities as the Secretary determines appropriate. **(d) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the authorities or responsibilities of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department.

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19 U.S.C. § 1486 — Administration of oaths; verification of

Page 188 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 1486 Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, § 22, 26 Stat. 140, as amend- ed by the Payne-Aldrich Act of Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, § 28, 36 Stat. 102, were superseded by a proviso annexed to section IV, S, of the Underwood Tariff Act of Oct. 3, 1913, which provided that ‘‘nothing in this act shall be construed to permit any oaths to be demanded or fees to be charged except as provided in this act,’’ etc. Act May 1, 1876, ch. 89, § 2, 19 Stat. 49, modifying the form of oath prescribed by R.S. § 2841, was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 643, 42 Stat. 989. R.S. § 2849, relative to oaths when merchandise be- longed in part to a resident of the United States and in part to a non-resident was superseded in part by the Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890, ch. 407, §§ 5, 22, 29, 26 Stat. 132, 140, 141, amended by the Payne- Aldrich Tariff Act of Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, § 28, 36 Stat. 92, 102, 104, and further amended by the Underwood Tariff Act of Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § III, B–J, and was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989. Prior provisions requiring a bond to be taken when entry was made by an agent, factor, or person other than the owner or ultimate consignee, and prescribing the conditions, etc., of the bond, and the circumstances under which it might be canceled with a proviso au- thorizing the taking of a general penal bond, were con- tained in R.S. § 2787, as amended by act Mar. 2, 1905, ch. 1306, 33 Stat. 826, which was repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989. Provisions concerning the statement to be presented to the collector when merchandise entered for customs duty had been consigned for sale to a person, agent, partner, or cons

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