19 U.S.C. § 144a — Entry under bond of exhibits of arts,

Page 43 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 144a into the United States from foreign countries shall apply to articles, goods, wares, and mer- chandise and persons coming from the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and seeking entry into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia. (Mar. 2, 1905, ch. 1311, 33 Stat. 843.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Inter- course. COUNTERVAILING AND DISCRIMINATING DUTY § 127. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 303, 42 Stat. 935, related to countervailing duty upon articles on which export bounty had been paid. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1303 of this title. § 128. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–304, § 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710 Section, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § IV, J, subsec. 1, 38 Stat. 195; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 171, § 1, 38 Stat. 1193; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(d), 46 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 689(a)(1), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2222, which related to discriminating duty on goods im- ported in foreign vessels or from foreign countries and was also classified in part to section 146 of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, was restated in section 60502(a) of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1674. § 129. Discriminating duties No part of the additional or discriminating duty imposed by law on merchandise on account of its importation in foreign vessels shall be al- lowed to be drawback, but the whole shall be re- tained. (R.S. § 3027.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 3027 derived from acts May 13, 1800, ch. 64, § 2, 2 Stat. 83; Aug. 30, 1842, ch. 270, § 15, 5 Stat. 563. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN §§ 130, 131. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–304, § 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710 Section 130, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § IV, J, subsec. 2, 38 Stat. 196; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(d), 46 Stat. 763, related to importation only in vessels of United States or of country of origin. Section 131, acts Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § IV, J, subsec. 3, 38 Stat. 196; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 171, § 1, 38 Stat. 1193; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(d), 46 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 689(a)(2), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2222, related to vessels and goods of nations not maintaining similar regulations and vessels of U.S. citizens. §§ 132, 133. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762 Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 304(a), (b), 42 Stat. 936, related to marking imported articles and packages to indicate country of origin and penalty for violation of same. Corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1304 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective sixty days after enactment of repeal- ing act. MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS § 134. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 397, § 4(b), 67 Stat. 509 Section, R.S. § 2934, required that imported medicinal preparations be marked with the name of the true man- ufacturer and the place where they were prepared, and provided for forfeiture in the absence of such names. Present provisions relating to the regulation and con- trol of drugs are contained in section 351 et seq., of Title 21, Food and Drugs. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL; SAVINGS PROVISION Repeal effective on and after thirtieth day following Aug. 8, 1953, and savings provision, see notes set out under section 258 of this title. IMPORTATIONS PROHIBITED §§ 135 to 143. Repealed. June 17, 1939, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, §§ 305(a), (c), 306(a)–(c), 307, title IV, § 526(a)–(c), 42 Stat. 936, 937, 975, related to prohibitions on importation of obscene books, neat cattle, convict goods, merchandise bearing trade marks owned by citizens and enforcement provi- sions. Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to sec- tion 135, see section 1305 of this title; section 136, see section 1305; section 137, see section 1306; section 138, none; section 139, none; section 140, see section 1307; section 141, see section 1526(a); section 142, see section 1526(b); section 143, see section 1526(c). SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ADMISSION OR WITH- DRAWAL FROM BONDED WAREHOUSE WITHOUT PAYMENT OF DUTY § 144. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 308, 42 Stat. 938, related to admission without payment of duty under bond for exportation. § 144a. Entry under bond of exhibits of arts, sciences, and industries, and products of soil, mine, and sea All articles which shall be imported from for- eign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition or display at a permanent exhibition or exhibi- tions and/or at a temporary exhibition or exhibi- tions of the arts, sciences, and industries, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, to be held at any time and from time to time by Rockefeller Center (Incorporated), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, and/or by its tenants or licensees in a building or build- ings to be owned by Rockefeller Center (Incor- porated), and to be a part of and to be known as Rockefeller Center and to be located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Forty-eighth and Page 44 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES §§ 145 to 147 Fifty-first Streets, in the Borough of Manhat- tan, city and State of New York, upon which ar- ticles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful, at any time during or at the close of any exhibition held pursuant to this section, to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and actually displayed at such exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Sec- retary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal and to the re- quirements of the tariff laws in effect at such date: And provided further, That Rockefeller Cen- ter (Incorporated) shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this section, and that all necessary govern- mental expenses incurred as a result of exhibi- tions authorized under this section, including salaries of customs officials in charge of im- ported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by Rockefeller Center (Incor- porated) under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided fur- ther, That all such articles shall, at the expira- tion of two years, be subject to the impost duty then in force, unless the same shall have been sold or exported from this country prior to that period of time: And provided further, That noth- ing in this section contained shall be construed as an invitation, express or implied, from the Government of the United States to any foreign government, state, municipality, corporation, partnership, or individual to import any articles for the purpose of exhibition at the said exhibi- tions. (July 19, 1932, ch. 511, 47 Stat. 705.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE UNDER JUDICIAL PROCESS OF CULTURAL OBJECTS IMPORTED FOR TEMPORARY EXHI- BITION OR DISPLAY Presidential determination of cultural significance of objects and exhibition or display thereof in the na- tional interest, see section 2459 of Title 22, Foreign Re- lations and Intercourse. §§ 145 to 147. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Section 145, acts June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 16, 23 Stat. 57; June 19, 1886, ch. 421, § 15, 24 Stat. 82; July 24, 1897, ch. 11, § 14, 30 Stat. 207, related to supplies for vessels in foreign trade or trade between Atlantic and Pacific. See section 1309 of this title. Section 146, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 309, 42 Stat. 938, related to supplies to war vessels free of duty. See section 1309 of this title. Section 147, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 310, 42 Stat. 938, related to admission free of duty of mer- chandise of sunken and abandoned vessels. See section 1310 of this title. BONDED WAREHOUSES §§ 148 to 150. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, §§ 311, 312, 42 Stat. 938–940, related to bonded manufacturing and smelting warehouses and enforcement provisions. Pro- visions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 148, see section 1311 of this title; section 149, see section 1312; section 150, see section 1312. § 151. Bonded warehouses for storage and cleans- ing of imported garbanzo; withdrawals Under such regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, bonded warehouses may be established in which imported Mexican peas, commonly called garbanzo may be stored, cleaned, repacked or otherwise changed in condition, but not manu- factured, and withdrawn for exportation without the payment of duty thereon. The whole or any part of such imported garbanzo, and the waste material and by-products incident to cleaning or otherwise treating said imported garbanzo, may be withdrawn for domestic consumption upon the payment on the quantity so withdrawn of the duty imposed by law on such garbanzo in their condition as imported. The compensation of customs officers and storekeepers for all serv- ices in the supervision of such warehouses shall be paid from moneys advanced by the warehouse proprietor to the appropriate customs officer and be carried in a special account and disbursed for such purposes, and all expenses incurred shall be paid by the warehouse proprietor. (June 28, 1916, ch. 180, 39 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 310, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 292.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1970—Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to the ap- propriate customs officer for reference to the collector of customs. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91–271 effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after Oct. 1, 1970, and such other ar- ticles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for con- sumption prior to such date, or with respect to which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before Oct. 1, 1970, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title. DRAWBACKS § 152. Repealed. June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 651(a)(1), 46 Stat. 762, eff. June 18, 1930 Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 313, 42 Stat. 940, related to drawbacks on certain articles made from imported materials. For corresponding provisions of Tariff Act of 1930, see section 1313 of this title. §§ 152a, 152b. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 56(d), 65 Stat. 729 Sections, act Mar. 8, 1902, ch. 140, §§ 6, 7, 32 Stat. 55, related to drawbacks in connection with articles shipped to, or reexported to, the Philippines. Prior to