[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR4.5]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.5  Government vessels.

    (a) No report of arrival or entry shall be required of any vessel 
owned by, or under the complete control and management of the United 
States or any of its agencies, if such vessel (1) is manned wholly by 
members of the uniformed services of the United States, by personnel in 
the civil service of the United States, or by both, and (2) is 
transporting only property of the United States or passengers traveling 
on official business of the United States, or it is ballast. However, if 
any cargo is on board, the master or commander of each such vessel 
arriving from abroad shall file a Cargo Declaration, Customs Form 1302, 
or an equivalent form issued by the Department of Defense, in duplicate. 
The original of each Cargo Declaration or equivalent form required under 
this paragraph shall be filed with the port director within 48 hours 
after the arrival of the vessel. The other copy shall be made available 
for use by the discharging inspector at the pier. See Sec. 148.73 of 
this chapter with respect to baggage on carriers operated by the 
Department of Defense.
    (b) The arrival of every vessel owned or controlled and manned as 
described in paragraph (a) of this section but transporting other 
property or passengers, and every vessel so owned or controlled but not 
so manned, whether in ballast or transporting cargo or passengers, shall 
be reported in accordance with Sec. 4.2 and the vessel shall be entered 
in accordance with Sec. 4.9.
    (c) Every vessel owned by, or under the complete control and 
management of, any foreign nation shall be exempt from or subject to the 
laws relating to report of arrival and entry under the same conditions 
as a vessel owned or controlled by the United States.

[28 FR 14596, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by 39 FR 10897, Mar. 22, 1974; 
T.D. 83-213, 48 FR 46978, Oct. 17, 1983]