[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR161.2]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 161--GENERAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 161.2  Enforcement for other agencies.


    (a) Laws enforced by Customs Service for administering agencies. 
Some of the laws enforced in whole or in part by the Customs Service for 
administering agencies are:
    (1) Importations and exportations of arms, ammunition, implements of 
war, helium gas, and other munitions of war are governed by laws 
administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and 
Department of State;
    (2) Importations and exportations of controlled substances are 
governed by laws administered by the Drug Enforcement Administration of 
the Department of Justice;
    (3) Importations, exportations, and transactions involving 
identified goods, services, and technology with any of those countries 
designated as subject to economic sanctions under the laws and 
regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the 
Department of the Treasury.
    (4) Importations and exportations of atomic energy source material, 
fissionable material, and equipment and devices for utilizing or 
producing fissionable material are subject to laws administered by the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and
    (5) The exportation of articles, other than those previously 
mentioned herein, are subject to requirements of laws administered by 
the Department of Commerce.
    (b) Seizure for violation of law. When articles are imported or are 
intended to be, are being, or have been exported from the United States 
in violation of law, such articles and any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft 
knowingly used in their transportation shall be seized and proceeded 
against.

[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16487, Aug. 15, 1972, as amended by T.D. 76-21, 41 
FR 2383, Jan. 16, 1976; T.D. 78-329, 43 FR 43456, Sept. 26, 1978; T.D. 
91-77, 56 FR 46115, Sept. 10, 1991; T.D. 96-42, 61 FR 24889, May 17, 
1996]