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19 U.S.C. § 540 — President may use suitable vessels for enforcing customs laws

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The President may use suitable vessels, in addition to Coast Guard vessels, to help enforce laws collecting import and tonnage duties.

In carrying out laws that collect duties on imports and tonnage, the President may use suitable vessels in addition to Coast Guard vessels in service, when the President judges that those vessels are needed.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

In the execution of laws providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, the President, in addition to the Coast Guard vessels in service, may employ in aid thereof such other suitable vessels as may, in his judgment, be required.

Source credit: (R.S. § 5318; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)

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  • 1915Enacted · Act of Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20 · 38 Stat. 800
  • 1949Amended · Act of Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 496, 561

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