19 U.S.C. § 81a — Definitions

Page 32 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 70 that Department, with respect to inspection at regular inspection locations at ports of entry of persons, and documents of persons, entering or leaving United States, were to have been transferred to Secretary of the Treasury by 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 2, eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 15932, 87 Stat. 1091, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. The transfer was negated by section 1(a)(1), (b) of Pub. L. 93–253, Mar. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 50, which re- pealed section 2 of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1973. § 70. Obstruction of revenue officers by masters of vessels If the master of any vessel shall obstruct or hinder, or shall intentionally cause any obstruc- tion or hindrance to any officer in lawfully going on board such vessel, for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the revenue or navi- gation laws of the United States, he shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of not more than $2,000 nor less than $500. (R.S. § 3068; Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title III, § 307, 49 Stat. 528.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 3068 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, § 71, 1 Stat. 678. AMENDMENTS 1935—Act Aug. 5, 1935, inserted reference to naviga- tion laws, and increased penalty from $500 and $50 to $2,000 and $500, respectively. CHAPTER 1A—FOREIGN TRADE ZONES Sec. 81a. Definitions. 81b. Establishment of zones. 81c. Exemption from customs laws of merchandise brought into foreign trade zone. 81d. Customs officers and guards. 81e. Vessels entering or leaving zone; coastwise trade. 81f. Application for establishment and expansion of zone. 81g. Granting of application. 81h. Rules and regulations. 81i. Cooperation of Board with other agencies. 81j. Cooperation of other agencies with Board. 81k. Agreements as to use of property. 81l. Facilities to be provided and maintained. 81m. Permission to others to use zone. 81n. Operation of zone as public utility; cost of customs service. 81o. Residents of zone. 81p. Accounts and recordkeeping. 81q. Transfer of grant. 81r. Revocation of grants. 81s. Offenses. 81t. Separability. 81u. Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter. § 81a. Definitions When used in this chapter— (a) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce; (b) The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board which is established to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall consist of the Sec- retary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, and the Secretary of the Treasury; (c) The term ‘‘State’’ includes any State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; (d) The term ‘‘corporation’’ means a public corporation and a private corporation, as de- fined in this chapter; (e) The term ‘‘public corporation’’ means a State, political subdivision thereof, a munici- pality, a public agency of a State, political sub- division thereof, or municipality, or a corporate municipal instrumentality of one or more States; (f) The term ‘‘private corporation’’ means any corporation (other than a public corporation) which is organized for the purpose of estab- lishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign- trade zone and which is chartered under special Act enacted after June 18, 1934, of the State or States within which it is to operate such zone; (g) The term ‘‘applicant’’ means a corporation applying for the right to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign-trade zone; (h) The term ‘‘grantee’’ means a corporation to which the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone has been granted; (i) The term ‘‘zone’’ means a ‘‘foreign-trade zone’’ as provided in this chapter. (June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 910, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2621.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(1), substituted ‘‘and the Secretary of the Treasury’’ for ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(2), struck out ‘‘Alas- ka, Hawaii,’’ after ‘‘Columbia,’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE This chapter is popularly known as the ‘‘Foreign Trade Zones Act’’. FLOOR STOCKS TAX TREATMENT OF ARTICLES IN FOREIGN TRADE ZONES Notwithstanding this chapter, articles located in a foreign trade zone on the effective date of increases in tax under specific amendments by Pub. L. 101–508 sub- ject to floor stocks taxes under certain circumstances, see section 11218 of Pub. L. 101–508, set out as a note under section 5001 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. § 81b. Establishment of zones (a) Board authorization to grant zones The Board is authorized, subject to the condi- tions and restrictions of this chapter and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, upon ap- plication as hereinafter provided, to grant to corporations the privilege of establishing, oper- ating, and maintaining foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to ports of entry under the jurisdiction of the United States. (b) Number of zones per port of entry Each port of entry shall be entitled to at least one zone, but when a port of entry is located within the confines of more than one State such port of entry shall be entitled to a zone in each of such States, and when two cities separated by water are embraced in one port of entry, a zone may be authorized in each of said cities or in