Technical Amendment to the Customs Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 133

[T.D. 99-24]

Technical Amendment to the Customs Regulations

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document makes a minor technical change to the Customs

Regulations, in accordance with Customs policy of periodically

reviewing its regulations to make sure that they are current, and to

eliminate needless repetition.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Berger, Office of Regulations

and Rulings, 202-927-1605.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The general and specific sectional authority citations for part

133, Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 133), are set forth at the

beginning of the part following its table of contents.

However, the specific statutory authority citations for certain

sections in part 133 are also repeated immediately following the text

of the sections.

Also, it is observed that 31 U.S.C. 483a is cited as authority for

a number of sections in part 133 following the text of such sections.

However, by Pub. L. 97-258 (September 13, 1982), 31 U.S.C. 483a was

revised and replaced with 31 U.S.C. 9701 which is included under the

general authority citation for part 133.

Accordingly, to eliminate unnecessary repetition and to make sure

that the statutory authority listed for part 133 is correct and

current, the statutory citations that appear in parentheses below the

text of any regulatory sections in subparts A, B, D, E and F of part

133 will be deleted. It is noted that a document amending subpart C of

part 133 that was published in the Federal Register (64 FR 9058) on

February 24, 1999, as T.D. 99-21, effective as of March 26, 1999, no

longer sets forth any statutory authority citations following the text

of the regulatory sections in that subpart.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective

Date Requirements, the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive

Order 12866

Because this amendment is merely of a minor editorial nature, and

conforms to existing law, notice and public procedure in this case are

inapplicable and unnecessary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), and

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a delayed effective date is not

required. Since this document is not subject to the requirements of 5

U.S.C. 553, it is not subject to the provision of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Nor does the amendment result

in a ``significant regulatory action'' under E.O. 12866.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 133

Copyright, Customs duties and inspection, Fees assessment, Imports,

Penalties, Prohibited merchandise, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Restricted merchandise (counterfeit goods), Seizures and

forfeitures, Trade names, Trademarks, Unfair competition.

Amendment to the Regulations

Part 133, Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 133), is amended as set

forth below.

PART 133--TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, AND COPYRIGHTS

1. The authority citation for part 133 continues to read in part as

follows:

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 101, 601, 602, 603; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624; 31

U.S.C. 9701.

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2. Part 133 is amended by removing the statutory authority

citations that appear in parentheses immediately below the texts of

Secs. 133.1, 133.2-133.7, 133.11-133.13, 133.15, 133.33, 133.35,

133.36, 133.46, and 133.53.

Dated: March 3, 1999.

Harold M. Singer,

Chief, Regulations Branch.

[FR Doc. 99-5715 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]

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