§4361 — Title 19 Customs Duties | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in this part of the law. It explains: “appropriate congressional committees” means the Senate Finance and Appropriations committees and the House Ways and Means and Appropriations committees; “covered merchandise” means goods under a countervailing duty order (section 706, 19 U.S.C. 1671e) or an antidumping duty order (section 736, 19 U.S.C. 1673e); “eligible small business” means a firm the Commissioner finds too small or too poor to get outside help to file evasion claims, and that decision can’t be reviewed under section 4371(b)(4)(E); “enter/entry” means bringing goods into U.S. customs territory or taking them out of a warehouse for use; “evade/evasion” means bringing covered goods in using false or important missing information so duties or deposits are cut or not applied; “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury; “trade remedy laws” means title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.).

Title 19, §4361

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In this subchapter:

(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(B)the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(2)The term “covered merchandise” means merchandise that is subject to—

(A)a countervailing duty order issued under section 706 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671e); or

(B)an antidumping duty order issued under section 736 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673e).

(3)(A)The term “eligible small business” means any business concern that, in the judgment of the Commissioner, due to its small size, has neither adequate internal resources nor financial ability to obtain qualified outside assistance in preparing and submitting for consideration allegations of evasion.

(B)Any agency decision regarding whether a business concern is an eligible small business for purposes of section 4371(b)(4)(E) of this title is not reviewable by any other agency or by any court.

(4)The terms “enter” and “entry” refer to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of merchandise in the customs territory of the United States.

(5)The terms “evade” and “evasion” refer to entering covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of any document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is material and false, or any omission that is material, and that results in any cash deposit or other security or any amount of applicable antidumping or countervailing duties being reduced or not being applied with respect to the merchandise.

(6)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.

(7)The term “trade remedy laws” means title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.).

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 114–125, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 155, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see section 401 of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a

Short Title

note under section 4301 of this title and Tables. The Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in par. (7), is act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590. Title VII of the Act is classified generally to subtitle IV (§ 1671 et seq.) of chapter 4 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1654 of this title and Tables.

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