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 96 STAT. 2350

Merchandise entry documentation. 19 USC 1641.

Effective date. 19 USC 1484 note.

PUBLIC LAW 97-446—JAN. 12, 1983

(B) by redesignating paragraph (2)(C) as paragraph (2)(D), and by inserting immediately after paragraph (2)(B) the following: "(C) When an entry of merchandise is made under this section, the required documentation shall be filed either by the owner or purchaser of the merchandise or, when appropriately designated by the owner, purchaser, or consignee of the merchandise, a person holding a valid license under section 641 of this Act. When a consignee declares on entry that he is the owner or purchaser of merchandise, the appropriate customs officer may, without liability, accept the declaration. For the purposes of this title, the importer of record must be one of the parties who is eligible to file the documentation required by this section.", and (C) by striking out "consignees" in paragraph (2)(D) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)) and inserting in lieu thereof "importers of record"; (2) by striking out "consignee" in subsections (c) and (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "importer of record"; and (3) by amending subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows: "(h) The carrier bringing the merchandise into the port at which entry is to be made may certify any person to be the owner, purchaser, or consignee of the merchandise, and that person may be accepted as such by the appropriate customs officer. A carrier shall not certify a person pursuant to this subsection unless it has actual knowledge of or reason to believe in the accuracy of such certification. "(i) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate customs officer may accept a duplicate bill of lading signed or certified to be genuine by the carrier bringing the merchandise to the port at which entry is to be made.". (e) Sections 485, 487, 494, and 505(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1485, 1487, 1494, and 1505(a)) are each amended by striking out "consignee" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "importer of record". (f) Section 557 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1557) is amended— (1) by inserting "purchaser" immediately after "owner" in the first sentence of subsection (a); and (2) by striking out "consignee" in subsection (d) and substituting in lieu thereof "importer of record". (g) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to merchandise entered on and after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 202. DELIVERY INTO SUCCESSIVE BONDED WAREHOUSES REGARDLESS OF LOCATION.

The first sentence of the eighth paragraph of section 311 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1311) is amended by striking out "at an exterior port" and "immediate". Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. 19 USC 2601 note.

TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Convention on Cultural Property Implementetion Act".

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