[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1217.106]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1217--DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF SPACE ARTICLES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1217.106  Articles brought into the United States by NASA from space.

    Pursuant to U.S. note 1 subchapter VIII of chapter 98, HTSUS, 
articles brought into the customs territory of the United States by NASA 
from space shall not be considered an importation, and no certification 
or entry of such materials through U.S. Customs shall be required. This 
provision is applicable to articles brought to the U.S. from space 
whether or not the articles were launched into space aboard a NASA 
vehicle.