Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§81m Permission to Others to Use Zone
Title 19 › CHAPTER 1A — FOREIGN TRADE ZONES › § 81m
Summary
The grantee can let other people, businesses, or groups build buildings and structures inside the zone if the Board approves and the grantee follows fair, consistent rules for similar cases. Those permits do not create a permanent right against the United States, must not block U.S. regulation of the grantee or permittee, must not make it harder for the United States to revoke the grant, give no goodwill value if the U.S. or grantee takes the property, and must not conflict with the zone’s public use.
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Title 19, §81m
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The grantee may, with the approval of the Board, and under reasonable and uniform regulations for like conditions and circumstances to be prescribed by it, permit other persons, firms, corporations, or associations to erect such buildings and other structures within the zone as will meet their particular requirements: Provided, That such permission shall not constitute a vested right as against the United States, nor interfere with the regulation of the grantee or the permittee by the United States, nor interfere with or complicate the revocation of the grant by the United States: And provided further, That in the event of the United States or the grantee desiring to acquire the property of the permittee no good will shall be considered as accruing from the privilege granted to the zone: And provided further, That such permits shall not be granted on terms that conflict with the public use of the zone as set forth in this chapter.
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19 U.S.C. § 81m
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102