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19 U.S.C. § 1554 — Transportation through contiguous countries
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With the consent of the proper authorities, imported merchandise, in bond or duty-paid, and products and manufactures of the United States may be transported from one port to another in the United States through contiguous countries, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, unless such transportation is in violation of section 4347 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, [section 55102 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55102&num=0&edition=prelim), or [section 1588 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1588&num=0&edition=prelim).
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With the consent of the proper authorities, imported merchandise, in bond or duty-paid, and products and manufactures of the United States may be transported from one port to another in the United States through contiguous countries, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, unless such transportation is in violation of section 4347 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, [section 55102 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55102&num=0&edition=prelim), or [section 1588 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1588&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “merchandise” includes—
(1) merchandise owned by the United States Government, a State, or a subdivision of a State; and
(2) valueless material.
**(b) Requirements.—** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or chapter 121 of this title, a vessel may not provide any part of the transportation of merchandise by water, or by land and water, between points in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port, unless the vessel—
(1) is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and
(2) has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement.
**(c) Penalty.—** Merchandise transported in violation of subsection (b) is liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the Government. Alternatively, an amount equal to the value of the merchandise (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security) or the actual cost of the transportation, whichever is greater, may be recovered from any person transporting the merchandise or causing the merchandise to be transported.
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If any merchandise is laden at any port or place in the United States upon any vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and is taken thence to a foreign port or place to be reladen and reshipped to any other port in the United States, either by the same or by another vessel, foreign or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating to the transportation of merchandise from one port or place of the United States to another port or place of the United States in a vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at such last-named port or place, be seized and forfeited to the United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage duty of 50 cents per net ton.
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In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1555
reasonable cause to suspect fraud, the Customs
Service may accept the bill of lading, or equiva-
lent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline
carrier to the shipper and accepted by the con-
signee to maintain identity. The shipper, pipe-
line operator, and consignee shall be subject to
the recordkeeping requirements of sections 1508
and 1509 of this title.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 553A, as added
Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 664, Dec. 8, 1993, 107
Stat. 2215.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 553A of act June 17, 1930, is classified
to section 1553–1 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li-
abilities of the United States Customs Service of the
Department of the Treasury, including functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of re-
lated references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and
557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department
of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of Novem-
ber 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of
Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen-
erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L.
114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
§ 1554. Transportation through contiguous coun-
tries
With the consent of the proper authorities,
imported merchandise, in bond or duty-paid, and
products and manufactures of the United States
may be transported from one port to another in
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