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19 U.S.C. § 4320

Importer of record program

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

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19 U.S.C. § 4320, Importer of record program, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451235
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Not later than the date that is 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an importer of record program to assign and maintain importer of record numbers. The Secretary shall ensure that, as part of the importer of record program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection— develops criteria that importers must meet in order to obtain an importer of record number, including— Not later than one year after February 24, 2016, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the importer of record program established under subsection (a). In this section, the term “number”, with respect to an importer of record, means a filing identification number described in section 24.5 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation) that fully supports the requirements of subsection (b) with respect to the collection and maintenance of information.

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