### Question
Can you define what valuables means?


### Answer
**Valuables** is defined as the following in *40 U.S.C. § 729*:

> any articles or things or representatives of value in which the United States has any interest, or in connection with which it has any obligation or responsibility, direct or indirect, and which are declared to be valuables within the meaning of this chapter by the Secretary of the Treasury

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 729*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT**

