19 USC § 4436 - Application to new and existing preclearance operations

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title: "19 USC § 4436 - Application to new and existing preclearance operations"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "4436"
section_name: "Application to new and existing preclearance operations"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "PRECLEARANCE OPERATIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 819, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 222.)"
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# § 4436. Application to new and existing preclearance operations

19 U.S.C. 4433(d)19 U.S.C. 4435February 24, 2016

Except for sections 814(d) [], 815, 817 [], and 818, this subchapter shall only apply to the establishment of preclearance operations in a foreign country in which no preclearance operations have been established as of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 819, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 222.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 815 and 818, referred to in text, are sections 815 and 818 of . Section 815 amended , Transportation. Section 818 amended , Agriculture, and , Aliens and Nationality.

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 811–819) of title VIII of , which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.