Title 19Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§3109 Submission of data; action to ensure compliance

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE › § 3109

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission must regularly give the House and Senate committees the public data it collected under Report DC–1105 about Docket No. 86–494. Foreign-made products that need FCC registration or approval may only enter the United States if they follow all FCC rules and the importer gives customs the information that was required on FCC Form 740 on August 23, 1988, in the form and way the Treasury Secretary requires. "Entered" means brought into U.S. customs territory or taken out of a warehouse for use. The FCC, the Secretary of Commerce, and the U.S. Trade Representative must help the Treasury enforce these rules. The Treasury must compile the Form 740 information into a yearly summary, send it to Congress each year until the authority to negotiate trade agreements under chapter 17 ends, and make the information public.

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Title 19, §3109

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(a)The Federal Communications Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Commission”) shall periodically submit to appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate any data collected and otherwise made public under Report No. DC–1105, “Information Reporting Requirements Established for Common Carriers”, adopted February 25, 1988, relating to FCC Docket No. 86–494, adopted December 23, 1987.
(b)(1)(A)Any product of a foreign country that is subject to registration or approval by the Commission may be entered only if—
(i)such product conforms with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and
(ii)the information which is required on Federal Communications Commission Form 740 on August 23, 1988, is provided to the appropriate customs officer at the time of such entry in such form and manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
(B)For purposes of this paragraph, the term “entered” means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
(2)The Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Trade Representative shall provide such assistance in the enforcement of paragraph (1) as the Secretary of the Treasury may request.
(3)The Secretary of the Treasury shall compile the information collected under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) into a summary and shall annually submit such summary to the Congress until the authority to negotiate trade agreements under chapter 17 of this title expires. Such information shall also be made available to the public.

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Chapter 17 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original “part 1 of subtitle A”, meaning part 1 (§§ 1101–1117) of subtitle A of title I of Pub. L. 100–418, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1121, which enacted chapter 17 (§ 2901 et seq.) of this title and amended section 2131, 2133, and 2191 of this title. For complete classification of part 1 to the Code, see Tables.

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19 U.S.C. § 3109

Title 19Customs Duties

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73