19 U.S.C. § 1322 — International traffic and rescue work;

Page 103 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 1323 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to ar- ticles arriving in the United States on or after October 1, 1965.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1961 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 87–261, § 2(d), Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 541, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) [amending this section and former section 1201 of this title] shall apply with respect to persons ar- riving in the United States on or after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 21, 1961].’’ EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1953 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS PROVISION Amendment by act Aug. 8, 1953, effective on and after thirtieth day following Aug. 8, 1953, and savings provi- sion, see notes set out under section 1304 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on thirtieth day following June 25, 1938, except as otherwise specifically provided, see sec- tion 37 of act June 25, 1938, set out as an Effective Date of 1938 Amendment note under section 1401 of this title. § 1322. International traffic and rescue work; United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970 (a) Vehicles and other instruments of inter- national traffic except communications sat- ellites Vehicles and other instruments of inter- national traffic, of any class specified by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be excepted from the application of the customs laws to such extent and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed in regulations or instruc- tions of the Secretary of the Treasury. The au- thority delegated to the Secretary by this sub- section shall not extend to communications sat- ellites and components and parts thereof. (b) Rescue and relief equipment; personal prop- erty related to use of land under United States-Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970; for- feit of articles to United States The Secretary of the Treasury may provide by regulation or instruction for the admission, without entry and without the payment of any duty or tax imposed upon or by reason of impor- tation, of— (1) aircraft, equipment, supplies, and spare parts for use in searches, rescues, investiga- tions, repairs, and salvage in connection with accidental damage to aircraft; (2) fire-fighting and rescue and relief equip- ment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with conflagrations; (3) rescue and relief equipment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with floods and other disasters; and (4) personal property related to the use and enjoyment of a separated tract of land as de- scribed in article III of the Treaty To Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers as the International Boundary between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed on November 23, 1970. Any articles admitted under the authority of this subsection and used otherwise than for a purpose herein expressed, or not exported in such time and manner as may be prescribed in the regulations or instructions herein author- ized, shall be forfeited to the United States. (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 322, as added Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 14, 67 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 92–549, title I, § 107, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1162; Pub. L. 98–573, title I, §§ 124(c), 127(b), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2959.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–573, § 127(b), substituted ‘‘excepted’’ for ‘‘granted the customary exceptions’’. Pub. L. 98–573, § 124(c), inserted ‘‘The authority dele- gated to the Secretary by this subsection shall not ex- tend to communications satellites and components and parts thereof.’’ 1972—Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(a), inserted ‘‘United States- Mexico Boundary Treaty of 1970’’ in section catchline. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 92–549, § 107(b), added cl. (4). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 98–573, title I, § 195(a), (b), (d), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2972, provided that: ‘‘(a) Except as provided in section 126 and in sub- sections (b) and (c), the amendments made by subtitles B, C, and D [amending this section and sections 1202 and 1504 of this title] shall apply with respect to arti- cles entered on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1984]. ‘‘(b)(1) The amendment made by sections 117 and 124 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to ar- ticles entered on or after January 1, 1985. ‘‘(2) The amendments made by section 127 [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles en- tered on or after a date to be proclaimed by the Presi- dent which shall be consonant with the entering into force for the United States of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. ‘‘(d) For purposes of this section— ‘‘(1) The term ‘entered’ means entered, or with- drawn from warehouse for consumption in the cus- toms territory of the United States. ‘‘(2) The term ‘entry’ includes any withdrawal from warehouse.’’ EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on and after thirtieth day following Aug. 8, 1953, see note set out under section 1304 of this title. § 1323. Conservation of fishery resources Upon the convocation of a conference on the use or conservation of international fishery re- sources, the President shall, by all appropriate means at his disposal, seek to persuade coun- tries whose domestic fishing practices or poli- cies affect such resources, to engage in negotia- tions in good faith relating to the use or con- servation of such resources. If, after such efforts by the President and by other countries which have agreed to engage in such negotiations, any other country whose conservation practices or policies affect the interests of the United States and such other countries, has, in the judgment of the President, failed or refused to engage in such negotiations in good faith, the President may, if he is satisfied that such action is likely to be effective in inducing such country to en- gage in such negotiations in good faith, increase the rate of duty on any fish (in any form) which