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Ante, p. 511.

PUBLIC LAW 243-AUG. 8, 1953

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imported by one person on one day and exempted from the payment of duty shall not exceed— " (A) $10 in the case of articles sent as bona fide gifts from persons in foreign countries to persons in the United States, or " (B) $10 in the case of articles accompanying, and for the personal or household use of, persons arriving in the United States who are not entitled to any exemption from (Juty or tax under paragraph 1798 (c)(2) of this Act, or " (C) $1 in any other case. The privilege of this subdivision (2) shall not be granted in any case in which merchandise covered by a single order or contract is forwarded in separate lots to secure the benefit of this subdivision (2). "(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized by regulations to diminish any dollar amount specified in subsection (a) and to prescribe exceptions to any exemption provided for in such subsection whenever he finds that such action is consistent with the purpose of such subsection or is necessary for any reason to protect the revenue or to prevent unlawful importations." INTERNATIONAL T R A F F I C AND RESCUE WORK

SEC. 14. The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is further amended by adding immediately following section 321 (U.S.C. 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1321) a new section reading as follows: "SEC. 322. INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC AND RESCUE WORK. " (a) Vehicles and other instruments of international traffic, of any class specified by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be granted the customary exceptions from the application of the customs laws to such extent and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed in regulations or instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury. "(b) The Secretary of the Treasury may provide by regulation or instruction for the admission, without entry and without the payment of any duty or tax imposed upon or by reason of importation, of— "(1) aircraft, equipment, supplies, and spare parts for use in searches, rescues, investigations, repairs, and salvage in connection with accidental damage to aircraft; "(2) fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with conflagrations; and "(3) rescue and relief equipment and supplies for emergent temporary use in connection with floods and other disasters. Any articles admitted under the authority of this subsection and used otherwise than for a purpose herein expressed, or not exported in such time and manner as may be prescribed in the regulations or instructions herein authorized, shall be forfeited to the United States." S I G N I N G A N D DELIVERY OF M A N I F E S T S

46 Stat. 710.

SEC. 15. Section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U.S.C. 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1431), is amended by designating the matter now therein as subsection (a) and by adding a new subsection to read as follows: "(b) Whenever a manifest of articles or persons on board an aircraft is required for customs purposes to be signed, or produced or delivered to a customs officer, the manifest may be signed, produced, or delivered by the pilot or person in charge of the aircraft, or by any other authorized agent of the owner or operator of the aircraft, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. If any iregularity of omission or commission occurs in any way in respect

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