19 U.S.C. § 3 Superintendence of Collection of Import Duties

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 19 U.S.C. § 3

The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the superintendence of the collection of the duties on imports as he shall judge best.

Cite as 19 U.S.C. § 3

Source: R.S. §249.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/10/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

R.S. §249 derived from act May 8, 1792, ch. 37, §6, 1 Stat. 280.

Section, prior to its incorporation into the Code, contained the words "and tonnage," after "duties on imports". These words were omitted as superseded by section 3 of the former Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, which charged the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection with the execution of the laws relating to the collection of the tonnage tax. Section 3 of the former Appendix to Title 46 was repealed by Pub. L. 109-304, §19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1710.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

ANALYSIS REGARDING THE CES PROGRAM; EFFECT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM

Pub. L. 100-203, title IX, §9501(c), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-380, as amended by Pub. L. 103-182, title VI, §691(b)(1), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2224; Pub. L. 114-125, title VIII, §802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210, provided that:

"(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a comprehensive analysis, including a cost-benefit study, of the centralized cargo examination station (CES) concept from the perspective of both the United States Customs Service and business community users. The analysis shall be submitted on the same day to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Committees') not later than March 30, 1988, and shall include recommendations as to how best to implement cargo inspection procedures.

"(2) The United States Customs Service-

"(A) may not, after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987], establish any new centralized cargo examination station at any ocean port, airport, or land border location unless the Customs Service provides to the Committees advance notice, in writing, of not less than 90 days regarding the proposed establishment; and