Annual edition
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Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, §802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.
Jul 7, 2004 – Feb 24, 2016
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Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office" wherever appearing.
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Pub. L. 108–271, §8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814
Aug 23, 1988 – Jul 7, 2004
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Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 100–418 inserted at end "The Customs Service may not detain for more than 20 days any shipment of goods or technology eligible for export under a general license under section 4603(a)(3) of this title. In a case in which such detention is on account of a disagreement between the Secretary and the head of any other department or agency with export license authority under other provisions of law concerning the export license requirements for such goods or technology, such disagreement shall be resolved within that 20-day period. At the end of that 20-day period, the Customs Service shall either release the goods or technology, or seize the goods or technology as authorized by other provisions of law."
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Pub. L. 100–418, title II, §2427, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1361
Oct 22, 1986 – Aug 23, 1988
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Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text.
IRC → Source credit
Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095
Jul 12, 1985 – Oct 22, 1986
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Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–64, §113(a), designated existing provisions of subsec. (a) as par. (1), substituted "such investigations within the United States, and the Commissioner of Customs (and officers or employees of the United States Customs Service specifically designated by the Commissioner) may make such investigations outside of the United States, and the head of such department or agency (and such officers or employees) may" for "such investigations and", and "a district court of the United States," for "the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application, and", and inserted sentence providing that in addition to the authority conferred by this paragraph, the Secretary (and officers or employees of the Department of Commerce designated by the Secretary) may conduct, outside the United States, pre-license investigations and post-shipment verifications of items licensed for export, and investigations in the enforcement of section 4607 of this title.
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Pub. L. 99–64, title I, §113, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 148
Dec 29, 1981 – Jul 12, 1985
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Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 97–145, §5, substantially reenacted existing provisions, inserted provisions that the information may not be withheld from the General Accounting Office, and that the information be made available to the Comptroller General of the United States or to any officer or employee of the General Accounting Office who is authorized to have access to such information which is submitted on a confidential basis and from which any individual can be identified, consistent with the protection of intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement sources, methods, and activities, as determined by the agency that originally obtained the information, and consistent with section 54 of title 31, be made available only by that agency.
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Pub. L. 97–145, §§3, 5, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1727, 1728
Sep 29, 1979 – Dec 29, 1981
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Pub. L. 96–72, §12, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 530
