Except as hereinafter provided the reorganization of the customs service made by the President and communicated to Congress under date of March 3, 1913, shall, until...

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The Secretary may charge such fees as may be necessary to cover the costs of providing services similar to or the same as services furnished by customs officers under the...

(a) Authorized airports, seaports, or other facilities The Secretary of the Treasury shall make customs services available and charge a fee for the use of such customs services at ...

Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the provision of Customs services at certain small airports or other facilities...

(a) Schedule of fees In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall charge and collect the following fees for the provision of...

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All Acts and parts of Acts imposing fines, penalties, or other punishment for offenses committed by an internal revenue officer or other officer of the Department of the Treasury...

The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe forms of entries, oaths, bonds, and other papers, and rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, to be used in carrying out...

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To aid in the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws along the Canadian and Mexican borders and to provide better facilities for such enforcement at points along such...

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to expend, from the funds appropriated for the general maintenance and operation of the Customs Service, such amounts as may be...

If the master of any vessel shall obstruct or hinder, or shall intentionally cause any obstruction or hindrance to any officer in lawfully going on board such vessel, for the...

When used in this chapter - (a) The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce; (b) The term ''Board'' means the Board which is established to carry out the...

(a) Board authorization to grant zones The Board is authorized, subject to the conditions and restrictions of this chapter and of the rules and regulations made thereunder,...

(a) Handling of merchandise in zone; shipment of foreign merchandise into customs territory; appraisal; reshipment to zone Foreign and domestic merchandise of...

The Secretary of the Treasury shall assign to the zone the necessary customs officers and guards to protect the revenue and to provide for the admission of foreign merchandise...

Vessels entering or leaving a zone shall be subject to the operation of all the laws of the United States, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and vessels leaving a zone...

(a) Application for establishment; requirements Each application shall state in detail - (1) The location and qualifications of the area in which it is proposed to...

If the Board finds that the proposed plans and location are suitable for the accomplishment of the purpose of a foreign trade zone under this chapter, and that the facilities...

The Board shall prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury made...

The Board shall cooperate with the State, subdivision, and municipality in which the zone is located in the exercise of their police, sanitary, and other powers in and in...

For the purpose of facilitating the investigations of the Board and its work in the granting of the privilege, in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a zone,...

If the title to or right of user of any of the property to be included in a zone is in the United States, an agreement to use such property for zone purposes may be entered...

Each grantee shall provide and maintain in connection with the zone - (a) Adequate slips, docks, wharves, warehouses, loading and unloading and mooring facilities where the...

The grantee may, with the approval of the Board, and under reasonable and uniform regulations for like conditions and circumstances to be prescribed by it, permit other...

Each zone shall be operated as a public utility, and all rates and charges for all services or privileges within the zone shall be fair and reasonable, and the grantee shall afford...

(a) Persons allowed to reside in zone No person shall be allowed to reside within the zone except Federal, State, or municipal officers or agents whose resident presence is...

(a) Manner of keeping accounts The form and manner of keeping the accounts of each zone shall be prescribed by the Board. (b) Annual report by grantee Each grantee...

The grant shall not be sold, conveyed, transferred, set over, or assigned. ...

(a) Procedure for revocation In the event of repeated willful violations of any of the provisions of this chapter by the grantee, the Board may revoke the grant after four...

In case of a violation of this chapter, or any regulation under this chapter, by the grantee, any officer, agent or employee thereof responsible for or permitting any such...

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(a) Vessels subject to seizure and forfeiture Whenever any vessel which shall have been built, purchased, fitted out in whole or in part, or held, in the United States or ...

Subject to appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury and under such regulations as he may prescribe, when the Secretary of Transportation is shown upon evidence which he...

Any vessel or vehicle forfeited to the United States, whether summarily or by a decree of any court, for violation of any law respecting the revenue, may, in the discretion of...

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If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act, or the application thereof to any person, or circumstances, is held invalid, the application thereof to other persons, or ...

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(a) Notice to Secretary of the Treasury When the Secretary of Commerce is satisfied that the public interest in promoting trade will be served by allowance of the ...

Any article imported or brought into the United States - (1) which is in continuous customs custody, covered by a customs exhibition bond, or in a foreign trade zone, and ...

(a) Disposition upon payment of duties and taxes At any time before, or within 3 months after, the closing date of any fair, any article entered for such fair under section 1752 of ...

(a) Marking requirements of the customs laws Articles entered under section 1752 of this title shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the customs laws, except ...

(a) Sole consignee and importer Each fair operator designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 1751 of this title shall be deemed the sole consignee and...

The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter (other than section 1751 thereof). ...

The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual trade benefits - (1) to stimulate the economic growth of the United States and maintain...

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(a) Maintenance of records by recipients of assistance Each recipient of adjustment assistance under section 1913, 1914, or 1917 (FOOTNOTE 1) of this title, shall keep records...

Whoever makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for...

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(a) Proclamation of increase in, or imposition of, any duty or other import restriction; report to the Congress; adoption of resolution of approval; request for...

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The purposes of this chapter are - (1) to provide for the implementation of the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products Between the Government of the United States...

(a) Modification of Harmonized Tariff Schedule The President is authorized to proclaim the modifications of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States provided for in ...

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(a) Retroactive effect; authority of President Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the President is authorized, notwithstanding section 1514 of this title or any other ...

The President is authorized at any time to terminate, in whole or in part, any proclamation issued pursuant to section 2011 or 2012 of this title. ...

(a) Report on required comprehensive review No later than August 31, 1968, the President shall submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special report on the ...

A petition may be filed for tariff adjustment or for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19...

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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, which sums are authorized to...

The head of any agency performing functions authorized by this chapter may - (1) authorize the head of any other agency to perform any of such functions; and ...

The President shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the implementation of this chapter. Such report shall include information regarding new negotiations, reductions...

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect or modify the provisions of subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.) or of any of...

The President of the United States is authorized to designate a Federal agency or agencies which shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of the Agreement for...

Agencies of the Federal Government are authorized to furnish facilities and personnel for the purpose of assisting the agency or agencies designated by the President in carrying...

There shall be in the Department of the Treasury a service to be known as the United States Customs Service, and a Commissioner of Customs. The Commissioner of Customs, who shall...

(a) Appointment by Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint, in the service established by section 2071 of this title, one assistant ...

(a) Repealed. Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, Sec. 10, 68 Stat. 1229. (b) The records, property (including office equipment), and personnel of the Division of Customs are transferred...

There is established a revolving fund of $300,000 which shall be available, without fiscal year limitation exclusively for transfer to the appropriation for collecting the...

(a) In general (1) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1979, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Treasury...

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The Commissioner of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to direct the advance of funds by the Fiscal Service, Treasury Department, in...

A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction...

The provisions of this Act shall not affect payments made for the United States Customs Service in foreign countries, nor the right of any customs officer or employee to...

Advances pursuant to this Act, in connection with the enforcement of the customs laws may be made, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, from...

(a) Certification required for exemption of undercover operations from certain laws With respect to any undercover investigative operation of the United States Customs...

(a) In general The Commissioner of Customs shall - (1) develop and implement accounting systems that accurately determine and report the allocations made of Customs...

(a) Violation estimates Not later than 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year after fiscal year 1991, the Commissioner of Customs shall submit to the Committee on...

The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of State, by regulation shall promulgate, and thereafter when appropriate shall revise, a list of stone carvings and wall...

(a) Issuance by country of export No pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural which is exported (whether or not such exportation is to the United States)...

(a) Seizure Any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural imported into the United States in violation of this chapter shall be seized and subject to...

The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. ...

For the purposes of this chapter - (1) The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury. (2) The term ''United States'' includes the several States, the ...

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The purposes of this chapter are, through trade agreements affording mutual benefits - (1) to foster the economic growth of and full employment in the United States and...

(a) Presidential authority to enter into agreement; modification or continuance of existing duties Whenever the President determines that any existing duties or other...

(a) Congressional findings; directives; disavowal of prior approval of legislation The Congress finds that barriers to (and other distortions of) international trade...

The overall United States negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to obtain more open and equitable market access and the harmonization,...

(a) Obtaining equivalent competitive opportunities A principal United States negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to obtain, to the maximum ...

(a) Trade in services (1) In general Principal United States negotiating objectives under section 2112 of this title shall be - (A) to reduce or to...

(1) The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a service industries development program designed to - (A) develop, in consultation with other Federal agencies as ...

(1)(A) The United States Trade Representative, through the interagency trade organization established pursuant to section 1872(a) of this title or any subcommittee thereof, shall,...

(1) If the United States Trade Representative, with the advice of the committee established by section 1872 of this title, determines that action by the United States is...

The President may enter into such bilateral or multilateral agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the objectives of this section and the negotiating...

If the President determines that bilateral trade agreements will more effectively promote the economic growth of, and full employment in, the United States, then, in such cases, a ...

A United States negotiating objective under sections 2111 and 2112 of this title shall be to enter into trade agreements which promote the economic growth of both developing...

(a) Harmonization, reduction, or elimination of barriers and distortions affecting international trade; use of temporary measures A principal United States...

(a) Fair and equitable access A principal United States negotiating objective under section 2112 of this title shall be to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries...

(a) Maximum aggregate reductions in rates of duty Except as otherwise provided in this section, the aggregate reduction in the rate of duty on any article which is in effect on ...

There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Contracting Parties to...

(a) Presidential proclamations of temporary import surcharges and temporary limitations on imports through quotas in situations of fundamental international payments problems ...

(a) New concessions Whenever - (1) any action taken under part 1 of subchapter II of this chapter or subchapter III of this chapter, or under part 2 of subchapter...

(a) Trade agreements Whenever the President determines that any existing duties or other import restrictions of any foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening...

(a) Grant of authority for termination or withdrawal at end of period specified in agreement Every trade agreement entered into under this chapter shall be subject...

(a) Direct and indirect imports Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in any other provision of law, any duty or other import restriction or duty-free ...

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Before any trade agreement is entered into under section 2133 of this title or section 2902 of this title, the President shall seek information and advice with respect to...

(a) Opportunity for presentation of views In connection with any proposed trade agreement under section 2133 of this title or section 2902 of this title, the President ...

(a) In any negotiation seeking an agreement under section 2133 of this title or section 2902 of this title, the President may make a formal offer for the modification or...

(a) In general (1) The President shall seek information and advice from representative elements of the private sector and the non-Federal governmental sector with respect to - ...

(a) Establishment within Executive Office of the President There is established within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the United States Trade...

(a) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate This section and sections 2192 and 2193 of this title are enacted by the Congress - (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking...

(a) Contents of resolutions (1) For purposes of this section, the term ''resolution'' means only - (A) a joint resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the ...

(a) Contents of resolution For purposes of this section, the term ''resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving...

(a) Delivery of documents to both Houses Whenever, pursuant to section 2112(e), 2253(b), 2432(d), or 2437(a) or (b), a document is required to be transmitted to the ...

(a) Selection (1) At the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, upon the recommendation of the chairman of the Committee...

(a) Submission of copy and reasons As soon as practicable after a trade agreement entered into under section 2133 or 2134 of this title or under section 2902 of this title...

(a) Annual report on trade agreements program and national trade policy agenda (1) The President shall submit to the Congress during each calendar year (but not later...

(a) Former United States Tariff Commission The United States Tariff Commission (established by section 1330 of this title) is renamed as the United States International Trade ...

Effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, for purposes of chapter 11 of title 31, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for the United States ...

(a) National trade estimates (1) In general For calendar year 1988, and for each succeeding calendar year, the United States Trade Representative, through the interagency ...

(a) In general By no later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the annual report is submitted to Congressional committees under section 2241(b) of this...

(a) Presidential action If the United States International Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to in this part as the ''Commission'') determines under section 2252(b) of...

(a) Petitions and adjustment plans (1) A petition requesting action under this part for the purpose of facilitating positive adjustment to import competition may be filed with...

(a) In general (1)(A) After receiving a report under section 2252(f) of this title containing an affirmative finding regarding serious injury, or the threat thereof, to a...

(a) Monitoring (1) So long as any action taken under section 2253 of this title remains in effect, the Commission shall monitor developments with respect to the domestic...

(a) Filing of petition; publication of notice A petition for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under this subpart may be filed with the ...

(a) The Secretary shall certify a group of workers (including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision of an agricultural firm) as eligible to apply for adjustment...

(a) Certification of eligibility As soon as possible after the date on which a petition is filed under section 2271 of this title, but in any event not later than 60 days...

(a) Subject matter of study Whenever the International Trade Commission (hereafter referred to in this part as the ''Commission'') begins an investigation under section 2252...

(a) The Secretary shall provide full information to workers about the benefit allowances, training, and other employment services available under this part and about the petition...

(a) Trade readjustment allowance conditions Payment of a trade readjustment allowance shall be made to an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subpart A...

(a) Formula Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the trade readjustment allowance payable to an adversely affected worker for a week of total unemployment shall...

(a) Maximum allowance; deduction for unemployment insurance; additional payments for approved training periods (1) The maximum amount of trade readjustment allowances payable ...

Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this part and subject to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the availability and disqualification provisions of...

The Secretary shall make every reasonable effort to secure for adversely affected workers covered by a certification under subpart A of this part counseling, testing, and...

(a) Approval of training; limitation on expenditures; reasonable expectation of employment; payment of costs; approved training programs; nonduplication of payments from...

(a) Terms Any adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subpart A of this part may file an application with the Secretary for a job search allowance....

(a) Filing of application Any adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subpart A of this part may file an application with the Secretary for a...

(a) Authority of Secretary to enter into agreements The Secretary is authorized on behalf of the United States to enter into an agreement with any State, or with any State agency ...

(a) Promulgation of regulations; fair hearing In any State where there is no agreement in force between a State or its agency under section 2311 of this title, the Secretary shall ...

(a) Certification to Secretary of the Treasury for payment to cooperating States The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment...

(a) Certifying officer No person designated by the Secretary, or designated pursuant to an agreement under this subpart, as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of...

(a) Repayment; deductions (1) If a cooperating State agency, the Secretary, or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any person has received any payment under...

Whoever makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for himself...

(a) In general There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Labor, for the period beginning October 1, 1998, and ending September 30, 2001, such sums as may...

(a) Establishment of projects; purpose The Secretary shall establish one or more demonstration projects during fiscal years 1989 and 1990 for the purpose of - (1)...

For purposes of this part - (1) The term ''adversely affected employment'' means employment in a firm or appropriate subdivision of a firm, if workers of such firm...

The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this part. ...