19 U.S.C. § 1554 — Transportation through contiguous coun-

Page 255 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 the United States through contiguous countries, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, unless such transpor- tation is in violation of section 4347 of the Re- vised Statutes, as amended, section 55102 of title 46, or section 1588 of this title. (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 554, 46 Stat. 743.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 4347 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, re- ferred to in text, was not classified to the Code. It was superseded by act Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, § 1, 30 Stat. 248, which was classified to section 290 of former Title 46, Shipping, and was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 109–304, § 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710. Provisions simi- lar to those in section 1 of act Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, were also contained in section 27 of act June 5, 1920, ch. 250, 41 Stat. 999, and were classified to section 883 of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to Title 46, see Dis- position Table preceding section 101 of Title 46. CODIFICATION In text, ‘‘section 55102 of title 46’’ substituted for ‘‘section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920’’ on au- thority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 55102 of Title 46, Ship- ping. PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 554, 42 Stat. 976. That section was superseded by section 554 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act. Prior provisions the same in effect as those in this section, except that they did not contain the provision commencing with the words ‘‘unless such transpor- tation,’’ were contained in R.S. § 3006, which also pro- vided that the merchandise transported should be treated as if transported entirely within the United States. R.S. § 3007 exempted cars and vehicles from the payment of fees for receiving or certifying manifests. Both sections were repealed by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 642, 42 Stat. 989. § 1555. Bonded warehouses (a) Designation; preconditions; bonding require- ments; supervision Subject to subsection (b), buildings or parts of buildings and other enclosures may be des- ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury as bonded warehouses for the storage of imported merchandise entered for warehousing, or taken possession of by the appropriate customs officer, or under seizure, or for the manufacture of mer- chandise in bond, or for the repacking, sorting, or cleaning of imported merchandise. Such warehouses may be bonded for the storing of such merchandise only as shall belong or be con- signed to the owners or proprietors thereof and be known as private bonded warehouses, or for the storage of imported merchandise generally and be known as public bonded warehouses. Be- fore any imported merchandise not finally re- leased from customs custody shall be stored in any such premises, the owner or lessee thereof shall give a bond in such sum and with such sureties as may be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury to secure the Government against any loss or expense connected with or arising from the deposit, storage, or manipulation of merchandise in such warehouse. Except as oth- erwise provided in this chapter, bonded ware- houses shall be used solely for the storage of im- ported merchandise and shall be placed in charge of a proper officer of the customs, who, together with the proprietor thereof, shall have joint custody of all merchandise stored in the warehouse; and all labor on the merchandise so stored shall be performed by the owner or pro- prietor of the warehouse, under supervision of the officer of the customs in charge of the same, at the expense of the owner or proprietor. The compensation of such officer of the customs and other customs employees appointed to supervise the receipt of merchandise into any such ware- house and deliveries therefrom shall be reim- bursed to the Government by the proprietor of such warehouse. (b) Duty-free sales enterprises (1) Duty-free sales enterprises may sell and de- liver for export from the customs territory duty-free merchandise in accordance with this subsection and such regulations as the Sec- retary may prescribe to carry out this sub- section. (2) A duty-free sales enterprise may be located anywhere within— (A) the same port of entry, as established under section 1 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37