---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 148.71"
title: "19"
number: "148.71"
heading: "Status of persons in service of United States as returning residents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/148.71"
---

# §148.71. Status of persons in service of United States as returning residents.


A person in the service of the United States and members of his family arriving in the United States are ordinarily considered returning residents for the purpose of Chapter 98, Subchapter IV, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ([19 U.S.C. 1202](/usc/19/1202.md)), except that the following persons are treated as nonresidents:

- (a) A wife or husband of any person in the service of the United States emigrating to the United States, and
- (b) A child born abroad of any person in the service of the United States who is arriving in the United States for the first time.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51265, Dec. 21, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1496, 1498, 1624. The provisions of this part, except for subpart C, are also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States). Section 148.21 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1461, 1462. Section 148.22 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1629; Sections 148.43, 148.51, 148.63, 148.64, 148.74 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1321; Section 148.55 also issued under 17 U.S.C. 602 and 19 U.S.C. 1526; Section 148.87 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 288.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51265, Dec. 21, 1988]