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26 USC 7652.
PUBLIC LAW 86-859-SEPT. 2, 1958
[72 S T A T.
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the enactment of a law. "(2) IN GENERAL.—Distilled spirits for the purposes authorized in section 5214(a)(2) and (3), denatured distilled spirits, and articles, as described in this paragraph, produced or manufactured in Puerto Rico, may be brought into the United States free of any tax imposed by section 5001(a)(4) or 7652 (a)(1) for disposal under the same conditions as like spirits, denatured spirits, and articles, produced or manufactured in the United otates; and the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder (and all other provisions of the internal revenue laws applicable to the enforcement thereof, including the yjenalties of special application thereto) relating to the production, bonded warehousing, and denaturation of distilled spirits, to the withdrawal of distilled spirits or denatured distilled spirits, and to the manufacture of articles from denatured distilled spirits, shall, insofar as applicable, extend to and apply in Puerto Rico in respect of— " (A) distilled spirits for shipment to the United States for the purposes authorized in section 5214(a)(2) and (3); " (B) distilled spirits for denaturation; "(C) denatured distilled spirits for shipment to the United States; " (D) denatured distilled spirits for use in the manufacture of articles for shipment to the United States; and " (E) articles, manufactured from denatured distilled spirits, for shipment to the United States. "(3)
WITHDRAWALS
AUTHORIZED BY PUERIX) RICO.—Distilled
spirits (including denatured distilled spirits) may be withdrawn from the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant in Puerto Rico pursuant to authorization issued under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; such spirits so withdrawn, and products containing such spirits so withdrawn, may not be brought into the United States free of tax. "(4)
COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION.—Any expenses incurred by
the Treasury Department in connection with the enforcement in Puerto Rico of the provisions of this subtitle and section 7652(a), and regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be charged against and retained out of taxes collected under this title in respect of commodities of Puerto Rican manufacture brought into the United States. The funds so retained shall be deposited as a reimbursement to the appropriation to which such expenses were originally charged. "(b)
VIRGIN ISLANDS.—
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Distilled spirits for the purposes authorized in section 5214(a)(2) and (3), denatured distilled spirits, and articles, as described in this paragraph, produced or manufactured in the Virgin Islands, may be brought into the United States free of any tax imposed by section 7652(b)(1) for disposal under the same conditions as like spirits, denatured spirits, and articles, produced or manufactured in the United States; and the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder (and all other provisions of the internal revenue laws applicable to the enforcement thereof, including the penalties of special application thereto) relating to the production, bonded warehousing, and denaturation of distilled spirits, to the withdrawal of distilled spirits or denatured distilled spirits, and to the manufacture of articles from denatured distilled spirits, shall, insofar as applicable, extend to and apply in the Virgin Islands in respect of—
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