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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 3431 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to strengthen the authorities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enforce the cu... · Sec. 402

Sec. 402. Streamlined disposition of merchandise subject to administrative exemptions

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Section 499 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1499 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of detained merchandise subject to an administrative exemption under section 321(a)(2)(C), the following shall apply: U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide notice under subsection (c)(2) to the importer and each other party that appears to have an interest in the merchandise, based on information reasonably available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. The notice required under subsection (c)(2) shall include, in addition to the information required by subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)of that subsection, notice that the party may voluntarily abandon the merchandise. If U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not receive a response to the notice under subsection (c)(2) from a party by the date that is 15 days after the date of the notice— the merchandise shall be deemed abandoned; title to the merchandise shall be vested in the United States; and the merchandise shall be disposed of in accordance with law. Subsection (c)(5) does not apply with respect to detained merchandise subject to an administrative exemption under section 321(a)(2)(C). . Section 499 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1499 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking Customs Service laboratories and inserting laboratories of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ; in paragraph (3), by striking a Customs Service laboratory and inserting a laboratory of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ; by striking The Customs Service each place it appears and inserting U.S. Customs and Border Protection ; and by striking the Customs Service each place it appears and inserting U.S. Customs and Border Protection .
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