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SEC. 645. TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE.

(a) TRANSFERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.-In the case of a transfer to or from an official station in a foreign country, or from one official station to another in a foreign country, customs officers and employees may be allowed, within the discretion and under written orders of the Secretary of the Treasury, the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses of their families in respect of such transfer. The expense of transporting the remains of customs officers and employees who die while in or in transit to foreign countries in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary and necessary expenses for such interment, at their posts of duty or at home, are hereby authorized to be paid upon the written order of the Secretary of the Treasury. The expenses authorized by this subdivision shall be paid from the appropriation for the collection of the revenue from customs.

(b) TRANSFER OF HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL EFFECTS.-So much of the Act entitled "An Act to provide the necessary organization of the Customs Service for an adequate administration and enforcement of the Tariff Act of 1922 and all other customs revenue laws", approved March 4, 1923, as amended, as limits the amount of household effects and other personal property of customs officers and employees for which expenses may be allowed upon transfer from one official station to another, is hereby repealed.

(c) TRANSPORTATION ON FOREIGN SHIPS.-Notwithstanding the provisions of section 601 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, or of any other law, any allowance, within the limitations prescribed by law, for travel or shipping expenses incurred on a foreign ship by any officer or employee of the Bureau of Customs or the Customs Service, shall be credited if the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Comptroller General that transportation on such foreign ship was necessary to protect the revenue.

SEC. 646. TENURE AND RETIREMENT OF JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS. 21

The judges of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals shall hold office during good behavior. For the purposes of section 260 of the Judicial Code, as amended (relating to the resignation and retirement of judges of courts of the United States) any service heretofore rendered by any present or former judge of such court, including service rendered prior to March 2, 1929, shall be considered as having been rendered under an appointment to hold office during good behavior.

SEC. 647. REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS. "1 So much of section 195 of the Judicial Code, as amended, as reads "in any case in which there is drawn in question the construction of the Constitution of the United States, or any part thereof, or of any treaty made pursuant thereto, or in any other case when the Attorney General of the United States shall, before the decision of the Court of Customs Appeals is rendered, file with the court a certificate to the effect that the case is of such importance as to render expedient its review by the Supreme Court," is hereby repealed. SEC. 648. UNCERTIFIED CHECKS, UNITED STATES NOTES, AND NATIONAL BANK NOTES RECEIVABLE FOR CUSTOMS DUTIES.

Collectors of customs may receive uncertified checks, United States notes, and circulating notes of national banking associations in payment of duties on imports, during such time and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but if a check so received is not paid the person by whom such check has been tendered shall remain liable for the payment of the duties and for all legal penalties and additions to the same extent as if such check had not been tendered.

SEC. 649. CHANGE IN DESIGNATION OF CUSTOMS ATTACHÉS.
Hereafter customs attachés shall be known as "Treasury attachés".

SEC. 650. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint, in accordance with the civil service laws, a deputy commissioner in the Bureau of Customs, in addition to the deputy commissioners now authorized by law.

(a) SPECIFIC REPEALS.-The following Acts and parts of Acts are repealed, subject to the limitations provided in subdivision (c):

(1) The Tariff Act of 1922, except that the repeal of sections 304 and 482 (relating to marking of imported articles and to certified invoices, respectively) shall take effect sixty days after the enactment of this Act; (2) Section 16 of the Act entitled "An Act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes," approved June 26, 1884, as amended (relating to supplies for certain vessels); 22

(3) The Joint Resolution entitled "Joint Resolution Authorizing certain customs officials to administer oaths," approved April 2, 1928; 23 and

(4) Section 2804 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (relating to limitations on importation packages of cigars).

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S. That, except as hereinafter provided, sections one to forty-two both inclusive, of an Act entitled "An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes," approved August fifth, nine

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SEC. 321. That, except as hereinafter provided, Sections I and IV of the Act of October 3, 1913, chapter 16, as amended; the Act of July 26, 1911, chapter 3; so much of section 4132 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912, chapter 390, as relates to the free admission of ma

21 The title of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was changed from United States Court of Customs Appeals by the Act of March 2, 1929, 45 Stat. L. 1475.

22 See sec. 309.

23 See sec. 486.

terials for the construction or repair of vessels and the building or repair of their machinery and articles for their outfit and equipment; and so much of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of March 2, 1895, chapter 189, as relates to the sampling and assaying of lead ores, are hereby repealed:

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SEC. 642. REVISED STATUTES.-The following sections of the Revised Statutes, as amended, are hereby repealed: 909, 2520, 2521, 2524, 2537, 2540, 2554, 2561, 2581, 2588, 2589, 2590, 2609, 2610, 2637, 2638, 2652, 2770, 2771, 2772, 2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, 2790, 2791, 2794, 2795, 2796, 2797, 2798, 2799, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2803, 2805, 2806, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2810, 2811, 2812, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2817, 2818, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2822, 2823, 2824, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831, 2832, 2833, 2834, 2836, 2837, 2840, 2842, 2844, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2852, 2857, 2859, 2864, 2865, 2867, 2868, 2869, 2870, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2877, 2878, 2879, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2890, 2891, 2892, 2893, 2894, 2895, 2896, 2898, 2899, 2901, 2906, 2910, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2920, 2921, 2925, 2926, 2928, 2933, 2935, 2936, 2937, 2939, 2945, 2946, 2947, 2948, 2949, 2950, 2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2958, 2959, 2960, 2961, 2962, 2963, 2964, 2965, 2966, 2967, 2968, 2969, 2970, 2971, 2972, 2973, 2974, 2975, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2983, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2988, 2989, 2998, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3010, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3069, 3070, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3088, 3090, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3110, 3120, 3121, 3123, 3128, 3129, 4209, 4210, 4211, 5292, and 5293.

SEC. 643.-STATUTES AT LARGE.-The following Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: The Act of March 24, 1874, chapter 65; Act of June 22, 1874, chapter 391, sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 25; Act of March 3, 1875, chapter 136; Act of May 1, 1876, chapter 89; Act of June 20, 1876, chapter 136, as amended; Act of June 10, 1880, chapter 190, as amended; Act of February 8, 1881, chapter 34; Act of February 23, 1887, chapter 218; Act of June 10, 1890, chapter 407, as amended, except sections 12 and 22; Act of March 2, 1895, chapter 177, section 9; Act of February 2, 1899, chapter 84; Act of February 13, 1911, chapter 46, sections 1, 2, 3, and 4; Act of October 3, 1913, chapter 16, section III; and Titles I, III and V of the Act entitled "An Act Imposing temporary duties upon certain agricultural products to meet present emergencies, and to provide revenue; to regulate commerce with foreign countries; to prevent dumping of foreign merchandise on the markets of the United States; to regulate the value of foreign money; and for other purposes," approved May 27, 1921, as amended.

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(b) GENERAL REPEAL.-All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

(c) RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES UNDER ACTS REPEALED OR MODIFIED.-The repeal of existing laws or mod fieations or reenactments thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruin or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal case prior to such repeal modifications, or reenactments, but all liabilities under such laws shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if such repeal, modifications, or reenactments had not been made. All offenses committed and all penalties, under any statute embraced in, or changed, modified, or repealed by this Act, may be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. No Acts of limitation now in force, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in, modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall be affected thereby so far as they affect any suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the taking effect of this Act, which may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed.

SEC. IV. * S. * but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall

SEC. 641. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES.-The repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, nor any

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not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case before the said repeal or modification; but all rights and liabilities under said laws shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or modifications had not been made. Any offenses committed and all penalties or forfeitures or liabilities incurred prior to the passage of this Act under any statute embraced in or changed, modified, or repealed by this Act may be prosecuted or punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. No Acts of limitation now in force, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in or modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall be affected thereby so far as they affect any suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the passage of this Act, which may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed.

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right accruing or accrued, nor any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal case prior to said repeal or modifications, but all liabilities under said laws shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or modifications had not been made. All offenses committed and all penalties, forfeitures, or liabilities incurred prior to the taking effect hereof, under any statute embraced in, or changed, modified, or repealed by this Act, may be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. No acts of limitation now in force, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in, modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall be affected thereby so far as they affect any suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the taking effect of this Act, which may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed.

(d) CERTAIN ACTS NOT AFFECTED.-Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or repeal any of the following provisions of law:

(1) Subsections 1, 2, and 3 of paragraph J of Section IV of the Act entitled "An Act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes," approved October 3, 1913 (relating to restrictions on importations in foreign vessels or through contiguous countries), as modified by the Act of March 4, 1915, chapter 171; 24

(2) Subsection 2 of paragraph N of Section IV of such Act of October 3, 1913 (relating to the manufacture of alcohol for denaturization only); 25

(3) Section 30 of the Act entitled "An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues," approved June 10, 1890, as amended (providing for an Assistant Attorney General in charge of customs matters);

(4) The Act entitled "An Act relating to the use or disposal of vessels or vehicles forfeited to the United States for violation of the customs laws or the National Prohibition Act, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1925; nor

(5) The Antidumping Act, 1921. 26

J. Subsection 1. That a discriminating duty of 10 percentum ad valorem, in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, and paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, or which being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contiguous country; but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States entitled at the time of such importation by treaty or convention or Act of Congress to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be payable on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United States, nor to such foreign products or manufactures as shall be imported from such contiguous countries in the usual course of strictly retail trade.

J. Subsection 2. That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation. All goods, wares, or merchandise imported contrary to this section, and the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and furnitire, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned in like manner, and under the same regulations, restrictions, and provisions as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws.

J. Subsection 3. That the preceding subsection shall not apply to vessels or goods, wares, or merchandise imported in vessels of a foreign nation which does not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the United States.

[Provisions relating to foreign-built vessels owned by citizens of the United States were repealed by the act of March 4, 1915, as to vessels which after entering American ports were, before leaving the same, registered as vessels of the United States.]

25 This provision relates to internal revenue only.

26 The Antidumping Act is printed in full in the Appendix, p. 395.

27 That part of par. S, Sec., IV, relating to the nonrepeal of parts of laws other than those pertaining to the tariff, is omitted.

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If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall take effect on the day following the date of its enactment.

Comparable Provisions of the Acts of 1913 and 1922 for Which There Are No Corresponding Provisions in the Act of 1930

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SEC. 322. That all automobiles, automobile bodies, automobile chassis, and parts thereof, including tires, exported prior to February 11, 1919, from the United States of America for the use of the American Expeditionary Forces or the Governments associated with the Government of the United States of America in the war with Germany and Austria, and which have been sold or delivered to any foreign Government, individual, partnership, corporation, or association by the United States Liquidation Commission, or by any other agent or official of the United States of America, when imported into the United States of America shall pay a duty of 90 per centum ad valorem, the value of such articles to be fixed on a basis equivalent to the original value of such articles in the United States, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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SEC. IV. A. That for the purpose of readjusting the present duties on importations into the United States and at the same time to encourage the export trade of this country, the President of the United States is authorized and empowered to negotiate trade agreements with foreign nations wherein mutual concessions are made looking toward freer trade relations and further reciprocal expansion of trade and commerce: Provided, however, That said trade agreements before becoming operative shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States for ratification or rejection.

J. Subsection 5. That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary for the construction of naval vessels or other vessels of the United States, vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership, or for the purpose of being employed in the foreign or domestic trade, and all such materials necessary for the building of their machinery, and all articles necessary for their outfit and equipment, may be imported in bond under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such materials have been used for such purposes no duties shall be paid thereon. Subsection 6. That all articles of foreign production needed for the repair of naval vessels of, or other vessels owned or used by, the United States and vessels now or hereafter registered under the laws of the United States may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

Subsection 7. That a discount of 5 per centum on all duties imposed by this Act shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and merchandise as shall be imported in vessels admitted to registration under the laws of the United States: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of any treaty concluded between the United States and any foreign nation.

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R. That the President shall cause to be ascertained each year, the amount of imports and exports of the articles enumerated in the various paragraphs in section one of this Act and cause an estimate to be made of the amount of the domestic production and consumption of said articles, and where it is ascertained that the imports under any paragraph amount to less than 5 per centum of the domestic consumption of the articles enumerated he shall advise the Congress as to the facts and his conclusions by special message, if deemed important in the public interest.