19 CFR 148.71
§ 148.71 Status of persons in service of United States as returning residents.
United States · 19 CFR — Customs Duties · Status: effective
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- 19 CFR 148.71, § 148.71 Status of persons in service of United States as returning residents, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/74838
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Full text
A person in the service of the United States and members of his family arriving in the United States are ordinarily considered returning residents for the purpose of Chapter 98, Subchapter IV, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), except that the following persons are treated as nonresidents:
(a) A wife or husband of any person in the service of the United States emigrating to the United States, and
(b) A child born abroad of any person in the service of the United States who is arriving in the United States for the first time.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.