19 CFR § 148.61 - Status as crewmembers.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s148.61"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "19 CFR § 148.61 - Status as crewmembers."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "148.61"
section_name: "Status as crewmembers."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "148"
part_name: "PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1496, 1498, 1624. The provisions of this part, except for subpart C, are also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States)."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "148"
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# 148.61 Status as crewmembers.
The following persons arriving in the United States shall not be treated as crewmembers:
(a) Members of the uniformed services of the United States and persons in the civil service of the United States engaged in the operation of a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft owned by, or under the complete control and management of, the United States or any of its agencies.
(b) Persons engaged in the operation of a private or public aircraft.
(c) Persons not connected with the operation, navigation, ownership, or business of a vessel, vehicle or aircraft engaged in international traffic.
[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 76-338, 41 FR 54167, Dec. 13, 1976]