A bill to amend section 582 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to require search warrants in connection with certain body search procedures conducted with respect to persons entering the United States from foreign countries, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

20 February 1975

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Requires any customs officer authorized to make searches and seizures who has cause to suspect that any person entering the United States from a foreign country has concealed on his person any merchandise upon which the duties have not been paid, or which is otherwise brought into the United States contrary to law to obtain a warrant to make a body search of that person.

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summary · EN · 20 February 1975
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/3499
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