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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 551— COASTWISE TRADE · § 55120

§ 55120. Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation

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The Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe regulations for the transshipment and transportation of merchandise that is imported into the United States by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the citizens of the United States and the subjects of a foreign power.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1641.)
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§ 55120
Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c)
Stat.120 Stat. 1641
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