[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5715]


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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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