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19 U.S.C. 1558: No remission or refund after release of merchandise

Created in 1999 by the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-36). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury (2).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–36 substituted "subsection (h)" for "subsection (c)" in two places. (Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999) Law text · (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.