§ 215. Definition

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. 2002

   Homeland Security Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 415 · 116 Stat. 2135

   Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 215

   Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 415, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2180

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 415, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2180

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 415. DEFINITION. In this subtitle, the term “customs revenue function” means the following: (1) Assessing and collecting customs duties (including antidumping and countervailing duties and duties imposed under safeguard provisions), excise taxes, fees, and penalties due on imported merchandise, including classifying and valuing merchandise for purposes of such assessment. (2) Processing and denial of entry of persons, baggage, cargo, and mail, with respect to the assessment and collection of import duties. (3) Detecting and apprehending persons engaged in fraudulent practices designed to circumvent the customs laws of the United States. (4) Enforcing section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and provisions relating to import quotas and the marking of imported merchandise, and providing Customs Recordations for copyrights, patents, and trademarks. (5) Collecting accurate import data for compilation of international trade statistics. (6) Enforcing reciprocal trade agreements. (7) Functions performed by the following personnel, and associated support staff, of the United States Customs Service on the day before the effective date of this Act: Import Specialists, Entry Specialists, Drawback Specialists, National Import Specialist, Fines and Penalties Specialists, attorneys of the Office of Regulations and Rulings, Customs Auditors, International Trade Specialists, Financial Systems Specialists. (8) Functions performed by the following offices, with respect to any function described in any of paragraphs (1) through (7), and associated support staff, of the United States Customs Service on the day before the effective date of this Act: the Office of Information and Technology, the Office of Laboratory Services, the Office of the Chief Counsel, the Office of Congressional Affairs, the Office of International Affairs, and the Office of Training and Development.

2. 2016

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act

   Pub. L. 114–125 title VIII § 802(g)(1)(B)(iii)(V) · 130 Stat. 122

   Inserted · 6 U.S.C. § 215(7); 6 U.S.C. § 215(8)

   Pub. L. 114–125 inserted “, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act” before the colon

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (7), (8). Pub. L. 114–125 inserted “, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act” before the colon.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (V) in section 415 (6 U.S.C. 215)— (aa) in paragraph (7), by inserting before the colon the following: “, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act”; and (bb) in paragraph (8), by inserting before the colon the following: “, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision