Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

19 U.S.C. § 1553

Entry for transportation and exportation; lottery material from Canada

(a)
Any merchandise, other than explosives and merchandise the importation of which is prohibited, shown by the manifest, bill of lading, shipping receipt, or other document to be destined to a foreign country, may be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duties and exported under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and any baggage or personal effects not containing merchandise the importation of which is prohibited arriving in the United States destined to a foreign country may, upon the request of the owner or carrier having the same in possession for transportation, be entered for transportation in bond through the United States by a bonded carrier without appraisement or the payment of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. In places where no bonded common-carrier facilities are reasonably available, such merchandise may be so transported otherwise than by a bonded common carrier under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the entry for transportation in bond through the United States of any lottery ticket, printed paper that may be used as a lottery ticket, or any advertisement of any lottery, that is printed in Canada, shall be permitted without appraisement or the payment of duties under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, except that such regulations shall not permit the transportation of lottery materials in the personal baggage of a traveler.

June 17, 1930, ch. 49746 Stat. 742June 25, 1938, ch. 679, § 2152 Stat. 1087Pub. L. 101–382, title III, § 484H(a)104 Stat. 711(, title IV, § 553, ; , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 55342 Stat. 976Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 553 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 119 Stat. 247act May 21, 1900, ch. 487, § 131 Stat. 18128 Stat. 973act May 21, 1900, ch. 487, § 231 Stat. 181act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 64242 Stat. 989A prior provision that merchandise destined for a foreign country might be entered and conveyed through the territory of the United States without payment of duties under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury was contained in R.S. § 3005, as amended by , , and , . Res. , No. 23, , partially suspending the operation of that section, was repealed by , , and the section was itself repealed by , .

act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 1638 Stat. 192Act June 10, 1890, ch. 407, § 2826 Stat. 141Act Aug. 5, 1909, ch. 6, § 2836 Stat. 104act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 64342 Stat. 989A provision that baggage or personal effects in transit to a foreign country might be delivered to the collector for retention without payment of duty, or forwarding to the collector of the port of departure, was contained in , § III, CC, , which reenacted Customs Administrative , , as reenacted by Payne-Aldrich Tariff , . Said section III, CC, of the 1913 act was repealed by , .

section 642 of the act of Sept. 21, 1922R.S. § 2803, on the same subject, was superseded by section 28 of the Customs Administrative Act of , and repealed by .

22 Stat. 641R.S. § 2866, provided for the entry and conveyance in transit, without payment of duties, of merchandise arriving at certain ports in the United States destined for the British possessions in North America, and for conveyance in transit from such possessions for export from said ports, in pursuance of provisions of the treaty with Great Britain of . It was repealed on the termination of articles 18–25, 30, of that treaty, pursuant to the Joint Resolution of , No. 22, .

Amendments

Pub. L. 101–3821990— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1938—Act , inserted sentence providing for transportation otherwise than by bonded carrier where no bonded common-carrier facilities are reasonably available.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–382, title III, § 484H(b)104 Stat. 711Pub. L. 104–295, § 5110 Stat. 3517

“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to articles entered for transportation in bond on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act [].”
, , , as amended by , , , provided that:

Effective Date of 1938 Amendment

section 1401 of this titleAmendment by act , effective on thirtieth day following , except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 37 of act , set out as a note under .