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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part 2 · Chapter 3 — The Tariff and Related Provisions

§ 267a. Foreign language proficiency awards

Statutory text

Cash awards for foreign language proficiency may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to customs officers (as referred to in section 267(e)(1) of this title) to the same extent and in the same manner as would be allowable under subchapter III of chapter 45 of title 5 with respect to law enforcement officers (as defined by section 4521 of such title).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

    Pub. L. 103–66 title XIII § 13812(b) · 107 Stat. 312

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 267a

    (Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13812(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 671.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13812(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 671.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Foreign Language Proficiency Awards.— Cash awards Regulations. 19 USC 267a. for foreign language proficiency may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to customs officers (as referred to in section 5(e)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911) to the same extent and in the same manner as would be allowable under subchapter III of chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to law enforcement officers (as defined by section 4521 of such title).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13812(c)(2), , 107 Stat. 671, provided that: “Subsection (b) [enacting this section] takes effect on .”

Credits

(Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13812(b), , 107 Stat. 671.)

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