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557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department
of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title 6.
Functions of all other officers of Department of the
Treasury and functions of all agencies and employees of
such Department transferred, with certain exceptions,
to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him
to authorize their performance or performance of any
of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and
employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July
31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Customs Service was under Department of the
Treasury.
Functions vested by law in Attorney General, Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of
that Department, with respect to inspection at regular
inspection locations at ports of entry of persons, and
documents of persons, entering or leaving United
States, were to have been transferred to Secretary of
the Treasury by 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 2, eff. July 1,
1973, 38 F.R. 15932, 87 Stat. 1091, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5. The transfer was negated by section 1(a)(1),
(b) of Pub. L. 93–253, Mar. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 50, which repealed section 2 of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1,
1973.

§ 70. Obstruction of revenue officers by masters
of vessels
If the master of any vessel shall obstruct or
hinder, or shall intentionally cause any obstruction or hindrance to any officer in lawfully
going on board such vessel, for the purpose of
carrying into effect any of the revenue or navigation laws of the United States, he shall for
every such offense be liable to a penalty of not
more than $2,000 nor less than $500.
(R.S. § 3068; Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title III, § 307, 49
Stat. 528.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 3068 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, § 71, 1
Stat. 678.
AMENDMENTS
1935—Act Aug. 5, 1935, inserted reference to navigation laws, and increased penalty from $500 and $50 to
$2,000 and $500, respectively.

CHAPTER 1A—FOREIGN TRADE ZONES
Sec.

81a.
81b.
81c.
81d.
81e.
81f.
81g.
81h.
81i.
81j.
81k.
81l.
81m.
81n.
81o.
81p.
81q.
81r.
81s.
81t.
81u.

§ 81b

TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES

Definitions.
Establishment of zones.
Exemption from customs laws of merchandise
brought into foreign trade zone.
Customs officers and guards.
Vessels entering or leaving zone; coastwise
trade.
Application for establishment and expansion
of zone.
Granting of application.
Rules and regulations.
Cooperation of Board with other agencies.
Cooperation of other agencies with Board.
Agreements as to use of property.
Facilities to be provided and maintained.
Permission to others to use zone.
Operation of zone as public utility; cost of
customs service.
Residents of zone.
Accounts and recordkeeping.
Transfer of grant.
Revocation of grants.
Offenses.
Separability.
Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter.

§ 81a. Definitions
When used in this chapter—
(a) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Commerce;
(b) The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board which
is established to carry out the provisions of this
chapter. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and
executive officer of the Board, and the Secretary
of the Treasury;
(c) The term ‘‘State’’ includes any State, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
(d) The term ‘‘corporation’’ means a public
corporation and a private corporation, as defined in this chapter;
(e) The term ‘‘public corporation’’ means a
State, political subdivision thereof, a municipality, a public agency of a State, political subdivision thereof, or municipality, or a corporate municipal instrumentality of one or more States;
(f) The term ‘‘private corporation’’ means any
corporation (other than a public corporation)
which is organized for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade
zone and which is chartered under special Act
enacted after June 18, 1934, of the State or
States within which it is to operate such zone;
(g) The term ‘‘applicant’’ means a corporation
applying for the right to establish, operate, and
maintain a foreign-trade zone;
(h) The term ‘‘grantee’’ means a corporation
to which the privilege of establishing, operating,
and maintaining a foreign-trade zone has been
granted;
(i) The term ‘‘zone’’ means a ‘‘foreign-trade
zone’’ as provided in this chapter.
(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 1, 48 Stat. 998; Pub. L.
104–201, div. A, title IX, § 910, Sept. 23, 1996, 110
Stat. 2621.)
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(1), substituted
‘‘and the Secretary of the Treasury’’ for ‘‘the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201, § 910(2), struck out ‘‘Alaska, Hawaii,’’ after ‘‘Columbia,’’.
SHORT TITLE
This chapter is popularly known as the ‘‘Foreign
Trade Zones Act’’.
FLOOR STOCKS TAX TREATMENT OF ARTICLES IN
FOREIGN TRADE ZONES
Notwithstanding this chapter, articles located in a
foreign trade zone on the effective date of increases in
tax under specific amendments by Pub. L. 101–508 subject to floor stocks taxes under certain circumstances,
see section 11218 of Pub. L. 101–508, set out as a note
under section 5001 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

§ 81b. Establishment of zones
(a) Board authorization to grant zones
The Board is authorized, subject to the conditions and restrictions of this chapter and of the
rules and regulations made thereunder, upon application as hereinafter provided, to grant to
corporations the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to ports of entry under the jurisdiction
of the United States.
(b) Number of zones per port of entry
Each port of entry shall be entitled to at least
one zone, but when a port of entry is located