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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 900 19 USC 1202 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-410—OCT. 3, 1978 SEC. 203. (a) Schedule 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is further amended by redesignating part 6 as part 7, by striking out "Part 6 headnote:" in part 7 (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof "Part 7 headnote:"; and by inserting after part 5 the following new part: PART 6.—NONCOMMEECIAL IMPORTATIONS OF LIMITED VALUE

869.00

869.10

19 USC 1202 note. Publication in Federal Register.

Part 6 headnote: For the purposes of this part the rates of duty for articles provided in this part shall be assessed in lieu of any other rates of duty, except free rates of duty on such articles, unless the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate determines, in accordance with regulations, that the application of the rate of duty provided in this part to any article in lieu of the rate of duty otherwise applicable thereto adversely afleots the economic interest of the United States. Articles for personal or household use, or as bona fide gifts, not imported for the account of another person, valued in the aggregate at not over $600 fair retail value in the country of acquisition, if the person claunlng the benefit of item 869.00 or 869.10, or both, has not received the benefits thereof within the 30 days immediately preceding his arrival: Acompanying a person, arriving in the United States (exclusive of duty-free articles and articles acquired in American Samoa, Quam, or the Virgin Islands of the United States) 10% of the 10% of the falrrefair ret£dl taU value value Imported by or for the account of a person (whether or not accompanying him) arriving directly or indirectly from American Samoa, Quam, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, acquired in such insular possessions as an incident of such person's physical presence 5% of the 5% of the fair refair retaU tail value value

(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply to persons and articles arriving in the United States on or after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 204. Section 315(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1315(d)) is amended by striking out "weekly Treasury Decisions" and inserting in lieu thereof "Federal Register". SEC. 205. (a) Section 321(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(1)) is amended by striking out "$3" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10", and by striking out "or" after "duties" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "and". (b)(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 321(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)) is amended by striking out "$10" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25", and by striking out "$20" and inserting in lieu thereof "$40". (2) Subparagraph (B) of such section 321(a)(2) is amended by striking out "$10" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25". (3) Subparagraph (C) of such section 321(a)(2) is amended by striking out "$1" and inserting in lieu thereof "$5". SEC. 206. Section 466 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1466) is amended— (1) by striking out "; and if the owner or master" in subsection (a) and all that follows thereafter down through the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ". If the owner or master willfully or knowingly