19 U.S.C. § 1683g — Reports

Page 433 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 1701 1 So in original. Comma probably should not appear. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 60 days after June 18, 2008, see sec- tion 3301(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1683 of this title. § 1683g. Reports (a) Semiannual reports Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this subtitle, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report— (1) describing the reconciliations conducted under section 1683d of this title,1 and the verifications conducted under section 1683e of this title; (2) identifying the manner in which the United States importers subject to reconcili- ations conducted under section 1683d of this title and verifications conducted under section 1683e of this title were chosen; (3) identifying any penalties imposed under section 1683f of this title; (4) identifying any patterns of noncompli- ance with this subtitle; and (5) identifying any problems or obstacles en- countered in the implementation and enforce- ment of this subtitle. (b) Subsidies reports Not later than 180 days after June 18, 2008, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Com- merce shall provide to the appropriate congres- sional committees a report on any subsidies on softwood lumber or softwood lumber products, including stumpage subsidies, provided by coun- tries of export. (c) GAO reports The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit the following reports to the appro- priate congressional committees: (1) Not later than 18 months after June 18, 2008, a report on the effectiveness of the rec- onciliations conducted under section 1683d of this title,1 and verifications conducted under section 1683e of this title. (2) Not later than 12 months after June 18, 2008, a report on whether countries that export softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States are complying with any international agreements entered into by those countries and the United States. (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VIII, § 809, as added Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3301(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1852.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For the effective date of this subtitle, referred to in subsec. (a), see section 3301(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1683 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective 60 days after June 18, 2008, see sec- tion 3301(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1683 of this title. CHAPTER 5—SMUGGLING Sec. 1701. Customs-enforcement area. 1702. Repealed. 1703. Seizure and forfeiture of vessels. 1704. Refusal or revocation of registry, enrollment, license or number on evidence that vessel engaging in smuggling; appeal; immunity from liability. 1705. Destruction of forfeited vessel or vehicle. 1706. Importation in vessels under thirty tons and aircraft; licenses; labels as prima facie evi- dence of foreign origin of merchandise. 1706a. Civil penalties for trading without required certificate of documentation. 1707, 1708. Repealed. 1709. Definitions 1710. Separability. 1711. Citation of chapter. § 1701. Customs-enforcement area (a) Establishment; extent and duration; enforce- ment of laws applicable to waters adjacent to customs waters Whenever the President finds and declares that at any place or within any area on the high seas adjacent to but outside customs waters any vessel or vessels hover or are being kept off the coast of the United States and that, by virtue of the presence of any such vessel or vessels at such place or within such area, the unlawful in- troduction or removal into or from the United States of any merchandise or person is being or may be occasioned, promoted, or threatened, the place or area so found and declared shall con- stitute a customs-enforcement area for the pur- poses of this Act. Only such waters on the high seas shall be within a customs-enforcement area as the President finds and declares are in such proximity to such vessel or vessels that such un- lawful introduction or removal of merchandise or persons may be carried on by or to or from such vessel or vessels. No customs-enforcement area shall include any waters more than one hundred nautical miles from the place or imme- diate area where the President declares such vessel or vessels are hovering or are being kept and, notwithstanding the foregoing provision, shall not include any waters more than fifty nautical miles outwards from the outer limit of customs waters. Whenever the President finds that, within any customs-enforcement area, the circumstances no longer exist which gave rise to the declaration of such area as a customs-en- forcement area, he shall so declare, and there- after, and until a further finding and declaration is made under this subsection with respect to waters within such area, no waters within such area shall constitute a part of such customs-en- forcement area. The provisions of law applying to the high seas adjacent to customs waters of the United States shall be enforced in a cus- toms-enforcement area upon any vessel, mer- chandise, or person found therein. (b) Boarding vessels; arrest and seizure; compli- ance with treaty provisions; authority of Sec- retary of Commerce unaffected At any place within a customs-enforcement area the several officers of the customs may go on board of any vessel and examine the vessel and any merchandise or person on board, and