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The Postal Service may require, as a condition of conveying any such knife in the mails, that any person proposing to mail such knife explain in writing to the satisfaction of the Postal Service that the mailing of such knife will not be in violation of this section.

(h) Any advertising, promotional, or sales matter which solicits or induces the mailing of anything declared nonmailable by this section is likewise nonmailable unless such matter contains wrapping or packaging instructions which are in accord with regulations promulgated by the Postal Service. (As amended Dec. 15, 1971, Pub. L. 92-191, § 1, 85 Stat. 647.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsecs. (a)-(g). Pub. L. 92-191 designated the existing seven paragraphs preceding the penal provision' as subsecs. (a)–(g) respectively.

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92-191 added subsec. (h).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT

Section 3 of Pub. L. 92-191 provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [adding subsec. (h) of this section and subsec. (g) of section 3001 of Title 39] shall become effective at the beginning of the third calendar month following the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 15, 1971] or on the date section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, becomes effective pursuant to section 15(a) of Public Law 91-375 [set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39], whichever is the later."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 39 section 3001.

Chapter 93.-PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES § 1905. Disclosure of confidential information generally.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 15 section 330b; title 29 section 664; title 42 section 1857c-9; title 46 section 1463.

Chapter 95.-RACKETEERING

§ 1955. Prohibition of illegal gambling businesses.

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(b) As used in this section—

(1) "illegal gambling business" means a gambling business which—

(iii) has been or remains in substantially continuous operation for a period in excess of thirty days or has a gross revenue of $2,000 in any single day.

Chapter 101.-RECORDS AND REPORTS

§ 2074. False weather reports.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

Chapter 201.-GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 3006A. Adequate representation of defendants. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 88 section 753.

Sec.

Chapter 301.-GENERAL PROVISIONS 4001. Limitation on detention: control of prisons. AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92–128, § 1(c), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 347, substituted "Limitation on detention; control of prisons" for "Control by Attorney General" in item 4001.

§ 4001. Limitation on detention; control of prisons.

(a) No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress.

(b) (1) The control and management of Federal penal and correctional institutions, except military or naval institutions, shall be vested in the Attorney General, who shall promuglate rules for the government thereof, and appoint all necessary officers and employees in accordance with the civil-service laws, the Classification Act, as amended and the applicable regulations.

(2) The Attorney General may establish and conduct industries, farms, and other activities and classify the inmates; and provide for their proper government, discipline, treatment, care, rehabilitation, and reformation. (As amended Sept. 25, 1971, Pub. L. 92-128, § 1, 85 Stat. 347.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92–128, § 1(b), substituted "Limitation on detention; control of prisons" for "Control by Attorney General" in the section heading.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-128, § 1(a), added subsec. (a). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-128, § 1(a), designated the first and second pars. as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b) of this section.

Chapter 307.-EMPLOYMENT

CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This chapter is referred to in title 40 section 48.

§ 4124. Purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Office of Management and Budget note set out under this section in the main volume.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 40 section 48.

Chapter 311.-PAROLE

§ 4202. Prisoners eligible.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 21 section 848.

TITLE 19.-CUSTOMS DUTIES

Chapter 4.-TARIFF ACT OF 1930

PROC. No. 4074. IMPOSITION OF SUPPLEMENTAL DUTY FOR
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PURPOSES

Proc. No. 4031, Aug. 15, 1971, 36 F.R. 15724, provided: WHEREAS, there has been a prolonged decline in the international monetary reserves of the United States, and our trade and international competitive position is seriously threatened and, as a result, our continued ability to assure our security could be impaired;

WHEREAS, the balance of payments position of the United States requires the imposition of a surcharge on dutiable imports;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including, but not limited to, the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended [this chapter] (hereinafter referred to as "the Tariff Act"), and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [section 1801 et seq. of this title] (hereinafter referred to as "the TEA"), the President entered into, and proclaimed tariff rates under, trade agreements with foreign countries;

WHEREAS, under the Tariff Act, the TEA, and other provisions of law, the President may, at any time, modify

§1202. Revised Tariff Schedules.

or terminate, in whole or in part, any proclamation made under his authority;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including, but not limited to, the Tariff Act, and the TEA, respectively, do proclaim as follows:

A. I hereby declare a national emergency during which I call upon the public and private sector to make the efforts necessary to strengthen the international economic position of the United States.

B. [Terminated by Proc. No. 4098, Dec. 20, 1971, 36 F.R. 2420.]

C. [Terminated by Proc. No. 4098, Dec. 30, 1971, 36 F.R.
2420.]
D. This Proclamation shall be effective 12:01 a.m.,
August 16, 1971.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-sixth.

SCHEDULE 4.-CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS [28 F.R. 8781]
PART 1.-BENZENOID CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS
[28 F.R. 8783]

RICHARD NIXON.

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Item 405.04. Article description preceding item 405.04, formerly item 405.04, so redesignated and items 405.04 and 405.05 added by Pub. L. 92-151, § 2(a), (c), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, to apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Jan. 1, 1972.

PROCLAMATION OF DUTY RATE FOR TRINITROTOLUENE VALUED OVER 15 CENTS PER POUND; STATUS OF CHANGE Section 2(a) of Pub. L. 92-151, Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, provided in part that: "The rate of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States for item 405.05 (as added by this subsection) shall be treated as not having the status of statutory provisions enacted by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed

by the President as being required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements to which the United States is a party."

PROCLAMATION OF DUTY RATE FOR TRINITROTOLUENE VALUED
NOT OVER 15 CENTS PER POUND; STATUS OF CHANGE
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 92-151, Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417,
provided that: "The rate of duty in rate column numbered
1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States for item
405.04 (as amended by subsection (a) shall be treated as
not having the status of statutory provisions enacted by
the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the Presi-
dent as being required or appropriate to carry out for.
eign trade agreements to which the United States is a
party."

PART 2.-CHEMICAL ELEMENTS, INORGANIC AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND MIXTURES
[28 F.R. 8793]

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PROCLAMATION OF DUTY RATES FOR ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
AND OXIDE (Alumina); BAUXITE, CALCINED; and BAUXITE
ORE; STATUS OF CHANGES; SUPERSEDURE OF STAGED RATES
IN ANNEX III TO PROC. No. 3822

Pub. L. 92-151, § 1(b), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, provided that: "The rates of duty for items 417.12, 521.17, and 601.06 in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, as amended by subsection (a) [amendments relating to items 417.12, 521.17, 601.06],

shall (1) be treated as not having the status of statutory provision enacted by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the President as being required or appropriate to carrying out foreign trade agreements to which the United States is a party, and (2) supersede the staged rates of duty provided for such items in Annex III to Proclamation 3822, dated December 16, 1967 (32 Fed. Reg., No. 244, part II, p. 19037)."

SCHEDULE 5.-NONMETALLIC MINERALS AND PRODUCTS [28 F.R. 8837]

PART 1.-NONMETALLIC MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCEPT CERAMIC PRODUCTS AND GLASS AND GLASS PRODUCTS
[28 F.R. 8839]

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Item 521.17 amended by Pub. L. 92-151, § 1(a)(2), (c), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, to apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July 15, 1971.

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Item 601.06 amended by Pub. L. 92-151, § 1(a) (3), (c), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, to apply with respect to articles
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July 15, 1971.
PROCLAMATION OF DUTY RATE FOR BAUXITE ORE; STATUS OF
CHANGE; SUupersedure OF STAGED RATE IN ANNEX III TO
PROC. NO. 3822

Treatment of duty rate for bauxite ore, as a Presidential

proclamation rather than Congressional enactment, and supersedure of staged rate for such item in Annex III to Proc. No. 3822, see note set out under Part 2 of Schedule 4 of the Tariff Schedules.

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Item 608.89, formerly 608.90, so redesignated, and item 608.90 and article description preceding item 608.91 added by Pub. L. 92–151, § 3(a), (c), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 418, to apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Nov. 5, 1971. PROCLAMATION OF DUTY RATES FOR PLATES AND SHEETS OF IRON OR STEEL; STATUS OF CHANGES; SUPERSEDURE OF STAGED RATES IN ANNEX III TO PROC. No. 3822

Pub. L. 92-151, § 3(b), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 418, provided that: "The rates of duty in rate column numbered 1

of the Tariff Schedules of the United States for items 608.89, 608.90, 608.91, and 608.92 (as amended by subsection (a)) shall be treated as not having the status of statutory provisions enacted by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the President as being required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements to which the United States is a party. Such rates shall not supersede the staged rates of duties provided for such items in Annex III to Proclamation 3822, dated December 16, 1967, and the reference to item 608.90 in such Annex shall be treated as referring to item 608.89."

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915.25

Articles constituting a bona fide gift from a member of the Armed Forces of the United States serving in a combat zone (within the meaning of section 112(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) to the extent such articles in any shipment do not exceed $50 in aggregate retail value in the country of shipment and with such limitations on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, if such articles were purchased in or through authorized agencies of the Armed Forces of the United States or in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

Free (see headnote 2 of
this subpart).

Free.

On or before 6/30/73.

Effective period

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Items 905.30 and 905.31 amended by Pub. L. 92-161, § 1, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 485, to apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, after Nov. 7, 1971.

Items 907.15, 909.30, and 911.05 repealed by Pub. L. 92-151, § 1(a) (4), Nov. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 417, eff. July 16, 1971.

Item 911.12 amended by Pub. L. 92-44, July 2, 1971,

85 Stat 100, applicable with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after June 30, 1971.

Item 915.25 amended by Pub. L. 92-212, § 1 (a), (b), Dec. 22, 1971, 85 Stat. 774, to apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Jan. 1, 1972.

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