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§55120 Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
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Summary
Gives the Secretary of Homeland Security power to make rules on moving goods imported by sea that will be immediately exported by sea or by a treaty‑protected river.
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Title 46, §55120
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The Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe regulations for the transshipment and transportation of merchandise that is imported into the United States by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the citizens of the United States and the subjects of a foreign power.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5512046 App.:291.Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, § 3, 30 Stat. 248.
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46 U.S.C. § 55120
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Apr 6, 2026
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