19 U.S.C. § 1599
Officers not to be interested in vessels or cargo
United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective
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- 19 U.S.C. § 1599, Officers not to be interested in vessels or cargo, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450481
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Full text
No person employed under the authority of the United States, in the collection of duties on imports or tonnage, shall own, either in whole or in part, any vessel (other than a yacht or other pleasure boat), or act as agent, attorney, or consignee for the owner or owners of any vessel, or of any cargo or lading on board the same; nor shall any such person import, or be concerned directly or indirectly in the importation of, any merchandise for sale into the United States. Every person who violates this section shall be liable to a penalty of $500.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally