84 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 91-659-JAN. 8, 1971
(2) Section 5215(b) is repealed. ^ (3) Subsection (c) of section 5215 is redesignated as subsection (b). SEC. 3. (a) Subpart E of part 1 of subchapter A of chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by redesignating section 5066 as section 5067 and by inserting after section 5065 the following new section:
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"SEC. 5066. DISTILLED SPIRITS FOR USE OF FOREIGN EMBASSIES, LEGATIONS, ETC. "(a)
ENTRY INTO CUSTOMS BONDED WAREHOUSES.— "(1) DISTILLED SPIRITS BOTTLED I N BOND FOR EXPORT.—Under
such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe, distilled spirits bottled in bond for export under the provisions of section 5233 may be withdrawn from bonded premises as provided in section 5214(a)(4) for transfer to customs bonded warehouses in which imported distilled spirits are permitted to be stored in bond for entry therein pending withdrawal therefrom as provided in subsection (b). For the purposes of this chapter, the withdrawal of distilled spirits from bonded premises under the provisions of this paragraph shall be treated as a withdrawal for exportation and all provisions of law applicable to distilled spirits withdrawn for exportation under the provisions of section 5214(a)(4) shall apply with respect to spirits withdrawn under this paragraph.
72 Stat. 1366.
"(2) BOTTLED DISTILLED SPIRITS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPORT WITH BENE-
FIT OF DRAWBACK.—Under such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe, distilled spirits stamped or restamped, and marked, especially for export under the provisions of section 5062(b) may be shipped to a customs bonded warehouse in which imported distilled spirits are permitted to be stored, and entered in such warehouses pending withdrawal therefrom as provided in subsection (b), and the provisions of this chapter shall apply in respect of such distilled spirits as if such spirits were for exportation. "(3) T I M E DEEMED EXPORTED.—For the purposes of this chapter, distilled spirits entered into a customs bonded warehouse as provided in this subsection shall be deemed exported at the time so entered. '"(b)
WITHDRAWAL
FROM
CUSTOMS BONDED WAREHOUSES.—Not
withstanding any other provisions of law, distilled spirits entered into customs bonded warehouses under the provisions of subsection (a) or domestic distilled spirits transferred to customs bonded warehouses under section 5521(d)(2) may, under such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe, be withdrawn from such warehouses for consumption in the United States by and for the official or family use of such foreign governments, organizations, and individuals who are entitled to withdraw imported distilled spirits from such warehouses free of tax. Distilled spirits transferred to customs bonded warehouses under the provisions of this section shall be entered, stored, and accounted for in such warehouses under such regulations and bonds as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe, and may be withdrawn therefrom by such governments, organizations, and individuals free of tax under the same conditions and procedures as imported distilled spirits. "(c) WITHDRAWAL FOR DOMESTIC USE.—Distilled spirits entered into customs bonded warehouses as authorized by this section may be withdrawn therefrom for domestic use, in which event they shall be treated as American goods exported and returned.
82 Stat. 1328.
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