19 USC § 1553a - Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1553a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1553a - Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1553a"
section_name: "Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 553A, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 664, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2215.)"
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# 1 Recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline

So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

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Merchandise in Customs  custody that is transported by pipeline may be accounted for on a quantitative basis, based on the bill of lading, or equivalent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline carrier. Unless the Customs Service has reasonable cause to suspect fraud, the Customs Service may accept the bill of lading, or equivalent document of receipt, issued by the pipeline carrier to the shipper and accepted by the consignee to maintain identity. The shipper, pipeline operator, and consignee shall be subject to the recordkeeping requirements of sections 1508 and 1509 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 553A, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 664, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2215.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Another section 553A of act , is classified to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

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