---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 61.8"
title: "22"
number: "61.8"
heading: "Coordination with United States Customs Service."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/61.8"
---

# §61.8. Coordination with United States Customs Service.

- (a) Nothing in this part shall preclude examination of imported materials pursuant to the Customs laws and regulations of the United States as codified at 19 U.S.C. [1305](/usc/19/1305.md) and [19](/usc/19/19.md) CFR 10.121, or the application of the laws and regulations governing the importation or prohibition against importation of certain materials including seditious or salacious materials as set forth at [19 U.S.C. 1305](/usc/19/1305.md).
- (b) **Department authentications of a foreign certificate for entry under HTS Item No.** 9817.00.4000 will be reflected by the issuance of an Importation Document. A copy of each Importation Document issued by the Department will be simultaneously furnished the United States Customs Service.
- (c) **Customs User Fee—** Articles delivered by mail, which are eligible for duty-free entry under the regulations in this part are, additionally, not subjected to the standard Customs User Fee normally imposed by the United States Customs Service, provided there has been a timely filing with the appropriate United States Customs Service office of the documentation required by the regulations in this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 2051, 2052; 22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.; Public Law 101-138; E.O. 11311, 31 FR 13413, 3 CFR 1966-1900 comp., page 593.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 18965, Apr. 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999.