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title: "46 U.S.C. § 55120"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 55120 - Transshipment of imported merchandise intended for immediate exportation
## Text
The Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe regulations for the transshipment and transportation of merchandise that is imported into the United States by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the citizens of the United States and the subjects of a foreign power.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1641.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5512046 App.:291.Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, § 3, 30 Stat. 248.