2020 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 1 - Collection Districts, Ports, and Officers
Sec. 66 - Rules and forms prescribed by Secretary
19 U.S.C. § 66 (2020) |
§66. Rules and forms prescribed by Secretary |
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe forms of entries, oaths, bonds, and other papers, and rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, to be used in carrying out the provisions of law relating to raising revenue from imports, or to duties on imports, or to warehousing, and shall give such directions to customs officers and prescribe such rules and forms to be observed by them as may be necessary for the proper execution of the law. |
(R.S. §251 (part); Pub. L. 91–271, title III, §308, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 292.) |
CODIFICATION
R.S. §251 derived from acts Feb. 10, 1830, ch. 11, §§14, 15, 3 Stat. 543; Aug. 6, 1846, ch. 84, §5, 9 Stat. 55; May 14, 1856, Res. 9, 11 Stat. 144; June 30, 1864, ch. 172, §8, 13 Stat. 221; July 14, 1870, ch. 255, §34, 16 Stat. 271. R.S. §251, which was also classified in part to section 427 of former Title 31, was repealed in part and reenacted as section 321(a)(5) of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067. AMENDMENTS1970—Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to customs officers for reference to collectors. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENTAmendment 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 L. 91–271 effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after Oct. 1, 1970, and such other articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to such date, or with respect to which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before Oct. 1, 1970, see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. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSAll offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. All functions of offices eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
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Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 1 - COLLECTION DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND OFFICERS Sec. 66 - Rules and forms prescribed by Secretary |
section 66 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
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standard |
3 Stat. 543 9 Stat. 55 11 Stat. 144 13 Stat. 221 16 Stat. 271 64 Stat. 1280 79 Stat. 1317 84 Stat. 292 96 Stat. 1067 |
Public Law 91-271, Public Law 97-258 |