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19 U.S.C. 1515: Review of protests

Created in 1970 by Public Law 91-271. Changed by 7 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 19 U.S.C. 1514, 19 U.S.C. 4532.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–429 substituted "concurrent with or" for "after ninety days" in first sentence. (Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004) Law text · (b)

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–36 inserted after third sentence "Within 30 days from the date an application for further review is filed, the appropriate customs officer shall allow or deny the application and, if allowed, the protest shall be forwarded to the customs officer who will be conducting the f… (Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999) Law text · (a)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–295 substituted "port director" for "district director". (Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1996) Law text · (d)

    1993

    • Pub. L. 103–182 added subsecs. (c) and (d). · (c), (d)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–417 substituted reference to section "1581" for "1582" of title 28. · (b)

    1979

    • Pub. L. 96–39 required that notice of denial include a statement of reasons for denial, as well as a statement informing protesting party of his right to file a civil action contesting denial of a protest under section 1514 of this title. · (a)

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–271 designating existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted provisions authorizing review by appropriate customs officer for provisions authorizing review by collector and revised such review procedures, and added subsec. (b).

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.