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19 U.S.C. § 1321

Administrative exemptions

United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective

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19 U.S.C. § 1321, Administrative exemptions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450299
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The Secretary of the Treasury, in order to avoid expense and inconvenience to the Government disproportionate to the amount of revenue that would otherwise be collected, is authorized, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to— admit articles free of duty and of any tax imposed on or by reason of importation, but the aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment of articles imported by one person on one day and exempted from the payment of duty shall not exceed an amount specified by the Secretary by regulation, but not less than—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-618(H.R. 10710)1975-01-03
    Trade Act of 1974
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-410(H.R. 8149)1978-10-03
    Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-446(H.R. 4566)1983-01-12
    A bill to reduce certain duties, to suspend temporarily certain duties, to extend certain existing suspensions of duties, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-418(H.R. 4848)1988-08-23
    Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-182(H.R. 3450)1993-12-08
    North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
    House: 234–200Senate: 61–38
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-295(H.R. 3815)1996-10-11
    Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-125(H.R. 644)2016-02-24
    Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
    House: 172–239Senate: 75–20
  • Amended byPub. L. 119-21(H.R. 1)2025-07-04
    An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
    House: 218–214Senate: 50–50