Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§81m Permission to Others to Use Zone

Title 19 › Chapter 1A— FOREIGN TRADE ZONES › § 81m

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The grantee may, with the Board’s approval and under fair, uniform rules it makes, let other people or companies build structures inside the zone to meet their needs. Those permits do not give a permanent right against the United States. They do not stop the U.S. from regulating the grantee or the permit holder, or from revoking the grant. If the U.S. or the grantee later buys the permit holder’s property, no goodwill is counted from the zone privilege. Permits must not conflict with the zone’s public use as described in this chapter.

Full Legal Text

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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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 81m

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60