publication in the weekly Treasury Decisions of notice of such ruling; but this provision shall not apply with respect to the imposition of antidumping duties." (b) Section 484 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1484 (f)), is further amended by changing the period at the end to a comma and adding "and except that, in the case of articles not subject to a quantitative or tariff-rate quota, entry for the entire quantity covered by an entry for immediate transportation made under section 552 of this Act may be accepted at the port of entry designated by the consignee, or his agent, in such entry after the arrival of any part of such quantity at such designated port or at such other place of deposit as may be authorized by the collector of customs having jurisdiction over such designated port." MARKING SEC. 4. (a) Paragraphs 28, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, and 1553 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, pars. 28, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, and 1553) are amended as follows: Paragraph 28 is amended by deleting from subparagraph (f) "the immediate container and". Paragraph 354 is amended by deleting the second proviso. Paragraphs 355, 357, 358, 359, 360, and 361 are amended by deleting the provisos. Paragraph 1553 is amended by deleting both provisos. (b) The following sections of the Revised Statutes are repealed: (c) Section 304 (a) (3) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1304 (a) (3)), is further amended by deleting "or" at the end of subdivision (I); by changing the period at the end of subdivision (J) to a semicolon and by adding "or"; and by adding a new subdivision (K) as follows: "(K) such article cannot be marked after importation except at an expense which is economically prohibitive, and the failure to mark the article before importation was not due to any purpose of the importer, producer, seller, or shipper to avoid compliance with this section." TRANSPORTATION OF LEAD-BEARING AND ZINC-BEARING ORES SEC. 5. (a) Paragraph 391 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 391), is further amended by changing the colon at the end of the first proviso to a period; and by amending the rest of the paragraph to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this paragraph." (b) Paragraph 393 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 393), is further amended by changing the colon at the end of the first proviso to a period; and by amending the rest of the paragraph to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this paragraph." REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE RECIPROCAL PROVISIONS SEC. 6. (a) Paragraph 812 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 812) is amended by deleting the proviso relating to the importation of spirits in certain containers. (b) Section 320 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1320), relating to reciprocal agreements covering advertising matter, is repealed. AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED SEC. 7. Paragraph 1615 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1615 (f)), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "When because of the destruction of customs records or for other cause it is impracticable to establish whether drawback was allowed, or to determine the amount of drawback allowed, on a reimported article excepted under subparagraph (e), there shall be assessed thereon an amount of duty equal to the estimated drawback and internal-revenue tax which would be allowable or refundable if the imported merchandise used in the manufacture or production of the reimported article were dutiable or taxable at the rate applicable to such merchandise on the date of importation, but in no case more than the duty and tax that would apply if the article were orig inally imported. In order to facilitate the ascertainment and collection of the duty provided for in this subparagraph, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to ascertain and specify the amounts of duty equal to drawback or internalrevenue tax which shall be applied to articles or classes or kinds of articles, and to exempt from the assessment of duty articles or classes or kinds of articles excepted under subparagraph (e) with respect to which the collection of such duty involves expense and inconvenience to the Government which is disproportionate to the probable amount of such duty." FREE ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR TRAVELERS SEC. 8. Paragraph 1798 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1798), is further amended to read as follows: "Par. 1798. (a) Professional books, implements and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, when imported by or for the account of any person arriving in the United States by whom or for whose account they were taken abroad. "(b) In the case of any person arriving in the United States who is not a returning resident thereof― "(1) wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal effects; all the foregoing, if actually owned by and in the possession of such person abroad at the time of or prior to his departure for the United States, and if appropriate for his own personal use and intended only for such use and not for any other person nor for sale; "(2) automobiles, trailers, aircraft, motorcycles, bicycles, baby carriages, boats, horse-drawn conveyances, horses, and similar means of transportation, and the usual equipment accompanying the foregoing; any of the foregoing imported in connection with the arrival of such person and to be used in the United States only for the transportation of such person, his family and guests, and such incidental carriage of articles as may be appropriate to his personal use of the conveyance; and "(3) not exceeding $200 in value of articles accompanying such a person who is in transit to a place outside United States customs territory and who will take the articles with him to such place. "(c) In the case of any person arriving in the United States who is a returning resident thereof "(1) all personal and household effects taken abroad by him or for his account and brought back by him or for his account; and "(2) articles (including not more than one wine gallon of alcoholic beverages and not more than one hundred cigars) acquired abroad as an incident of the journey from which he is returning, for his personal or household use, but not imported for the account of any other person nor intended for sale, if declared in accordance with regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, up to but not exceeding in aggregate value "(A) $200, if such person arrives from a contiguous country which maintains a free zone or free port (see subparagraph (d)), or arrives from any other country after having remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for a period of not less than forty-eight hours, andin either case has not claimed an exemption under this subdivision (A) within the thirty days immediately preceding bis arrival; and "(B) $300 in addition, if such person has remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for a period of not less than twelve day and has not claimed an exemption under this subdivision (B) within the six months immediately preceding his arrival. "(d) In the case of persons arriving from a contiguous country which maintains a free zone or free port, if the Secretary of the Treasury deems it necessary in the public interest and to facilitate enforcement of the requirement that the exemption shall apply only to articles acquired as an incident of the foreign journey, he shall prescribe by special regulation or instruction, the application of which may be restricted to one or more ports of entry, that the exemption authorized by subdivision (2) (A) of subparagraph (c) shall be allowed only to residents who have remained beyond the territorial limits of the United States for not less than a specified period, not to exceed twenty-four hours, and after the expiration of ninety days after the date of such regulation or instruction allowance of the said exemption shall be subject to the limitations so prescribed. "(e) Any article imported to replace a like article of comparable value previously exempted from duty under subdivision (c) of this paragraph shall be allowed free entry if the article previously exempted shall have been exported under such supervision as the Secretary may prescribe within sixty days after its importation because it was found by the importer to be unsatisfactory. (f) All articles exempted by this paragraph from the payment of duty shall be exempt also from the payment of any internal-revenue tax imposed on or by reason of importation. "(g) If any jewelry or similar articles of personal adornment having a value of $300 or more which have been exempted from duty under subdivision (1) of subparagraph (b) or any article which has been exempted from duty under subdivision (2) (B) of subparagraph (c) is sold within three years after the date of importation, or if any article which has been exempted from duty under subdivision (2) of subparagraph (b) is sold within one year after the date of importation, without prior payment to the United States of the duty which would have been payable at the time of entry if the article had been entered without the benefit of this paragraph, such article, or its value (to be recovered from the importer), shall be subject to forfeiture. A sale pursuant to a judicial order or in liquidation of the estate of a decedent shall not be subject to the provisions of this subparagraph. "(h) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe methods and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this paragraph. No exemption provided for in this paragraph shall be applied to any article which is not declared in accordance with such regulations." FREE ENTRY FOR NONCOMMERCIAL EXHIBITIONS SEC. 9. (a) Paragraph 1809 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1809), is amended by inserting "within five years after the date of entry hereunder" after "used contrary to this provision"; by inserting "within such five-year period" after "at any time"; and by deleting "and the preceding". (b) The conditions of any bond in force on the effective date of this Act in respect of articles previously entered under the provisions of paragraph 1809 or the corresponding provisions of any Tariff Act prior to the Tariff Act of 1930 shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon the effective date of this Act or upon the expiration of five years from the date such articles were entered, whichever is later, except with respect to any violation which has occurred or which shall have occurred before such time. TEMPORARY FREE ENTRY FOR SAMPLES AND OTHER ARTICLES UNDER BOND SEC. 10. (a) (1) The part of section 308 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1308), preceding the numbered items is amended to read as follows: "The following articles, when not imported for sale or for sale on approval, may be admitted into the United States under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, without the payment of duty, under bond for the exportation within one year from the date of importation, which period, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, may be extended, upon application, for one or more further periods which, when added to the initial one year, shall not exceed a total of three years:". (2) This amendment shall be effective with respect to articles imported before or after this section becomes effective. (b) Section 308 (4) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1308 (4)), is amended to read as follows: "(4) articles intended solely for testing, experimental, or review purposes, including plans, specifications, drawings, blueprints, photographs, and similar articles for use in connection with experiments or for study, and upon satisfactory proof that any such article has been destroyed because of its use for any such purpose the obligation under such bond to export or destroy such articles shall be treated as satisfied;". (c) Section 308 (5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1308 (5)), is further amended to read as follows: "(5) automobiles, motorcycles, bicyles, airplanes, airships, balloons, boats, racing shells, and similar vehicles and craft, and the usual equipment of the foregoing; all the foregoing which are brought temporarily into the United States by nonresidents for the purpose of taking part in races or other specific contests;". (d) Section 308 (7) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1308 (7)), is amended to read as follows: "(7) containers for compresed gases, filled or empty, and containers or other articles in use for covering or holding merchandise (including personal or household effects) during transportation and suitable for reuse for that purpose;". (e) Section 308 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1308), is further amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a semicolon and adding the following new subdivisions: "(10) animals and poultry brought into the United States for the purpose of breeding, exhibition, or competition for prizes, and the usual equipment therefor; "(11) theatrical scenery, properties, and apparel brought into the United States by proprietors or managers of theatrical exhibitions arriving from abroad for temporary use by them in such exhibitions; and "(12) works of art, drawings, engravings, photographic pictures, and philosophical and scientific apparatus brought into the United States by professional artists, lecturers, or scientists arriving from abroad for use by them for exhibition and in illustration, promotion, and encouragement of art, science, or industry in the Unitee States." (f) Paragraph 1607 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1607), is amended to read as follows "PAR. 1607. (a) Teams of animals, including their harness and tackle, and the wagons or other vehicles actually owned by persons emigrating from foreign countries to the United States with their families, and in actual use for the purpose of such emigration, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. "(b) Wild animals and birds intended for exhibition in zoological collections for scientific or educational purposes, and not for sale or profit." (g) Paragraph 1747 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. Š. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1747), is amended by changing the second semicolon to a period and deleting the remainder of the paragraph. (h) Paragraph 1808 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1808), is repealed. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT SEC. 11. (a) Sections 309 (a) and 309 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1309 (a), (b)), relating to articles for certain vessels and aircraft, are further amended to read as follows: "(a) EXEMPTION FROM DUTIES AND TAXES.-Articles of foreign or domestic origin may be withdrawn, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, from any customs bonded warehouse, from continuous customs custody elsewhere than in a bonded warehouse, or from a foreign-trade zone free of duty and internal-revenue tax, or from any internal-revenue bonded warehouse, from any brewery, or from any winery premises or bonded premises for the storage of wine, free of internal-revenue tax "(1) for supplies (not including equipment) of (A) vessels or aircraft owned or operated by the United States, (B) vessels of the United States employed in the fisheries or in the whaling business, or actually engaged in foreign trade or trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States or between the United States and any of its possessions, or (C) aircraft registered in the United States and actually engaged in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions; or "(2) for supplies (including equipment) or repair of (A) vessels of war of any foreign nation, or (B) foreign vessels employed in the fisheries or in the whaling business, or actually engaged in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions, where such trade by foreign vessels is permitted; or "(3) for supplies (including equipment), ground equipment, maintenance, or repair of aircraft registered in any foreign country and actually engaged in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions, where trade by foreign aircraft is permitted. With respect to articles for ground equipment, the exemption hereunder shall apply only to duties and to taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation. "(b) DRAWBACK.-Articles withdrawn from bonded warehouses, bonded manufacturing warehouses, continuous customs custody elsewhere than in a bonded warehouse, or from a foreign-trade zone, and articles of domestic manu facture or production, laden as supplies upon any such vessel or aircraft of the United States or laden as supplies (including equipment) upon, or used in the maintenance or repair of, any such foreign vessel or aircraft, shall be considered to be exported within the meaning of the drawback provisions of this chapter." (b) Section 317 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1317), is amended to read as follows: "(b) The shipment or delivery of any merchandise for use as supplies (including equipment) upon, or in the maintenance or repair of any vessel or aircraft described in subsection (a) (2) (A) and (B), or (a) (3), of section 309 of this Act, or for use as ground equipment for any aircraft described in subsection (a) (3) of section 309 shall be deemed an exportation within the meaning of the customs and internal-revenue laws applicable to the exportation of such merchandise without the payment of duty or internal-revenue tax. With respect to merchandise for use as ground equipment, such shipment or delivery shall not be deemed an exportation within the meaning of the internal-revenue laws relating to taxes other than those imposed upon or by reason of importation." DRAWBACK SEC. 12. (a) Section 313 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1313 (b)), is further amended by deleting "one year" and substituting therefor "three years". (b) Section 313 (c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1313 (c)), is amended by inserting "or shipped without the consent of the consignee" after "sample or specifications"; by deleting "thirty days" and substituting therefor "nine days"; and by inserting "unless the Secretary authorizes in writing a longer time", following "after release from customs custody,". (c) Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1313), is further amended by revising subsections (h) and (i) thereof to read as follows: "(h) TIME LIMITATION ON EXPORTATION.-No drawback shall be allowed under the provisions of this section unless the completed article is exported within five years after importation of the imported merchandise. "(i) REGULATIONS.-Allowance of the privileges provided for in this section shall be subject to compliance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, which may include, but need not be limited to, the fixing of a time limit within which drawback entries or entries for refund under any of the provisions of this section or section 309 (b) of this Act shall be filed and completed, and the designation of the person to whom any refund or payment of drawback shall be made." ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION SEC. 13. Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1321), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 321. ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS. "The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to— "(a) disregard a difference of less than $3 between the total estimated duties or taxes deposited, or the total duties or taxes tentatively assessed, with respect to any entry of merchandise and the total amount of duties or taxes actually accruing thereon; and "(b) admit articles free of duty and of any tax imposed on or by reason of importation when the expense and inconvenience of collecting the duty accruing thereon would be disproportionate to the amount of such duty, but the aggregate value of articles imported by one person on one day and exempted from the payment of duty shall not exceed "(1) $10 in the case of articles sent as bona fide gifts from persons in foreign countries to persons in the United States, or "(2) $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 duty or tax under paragraph 1798 (c) (2) of this Act, or "(3) $3 in any other case. The privilege of this subsection 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 subsection. |