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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part B · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 217. Allocation of resources by the Secretary

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary shall ensure that adequate staffing is provided to assure that levels of customs revenue services provided on the day before the effective date of this chapter shall continue to be provided.

(b)

Notification of Congress

The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate at least 90 days prior to taking any action which would—

(1)

result in any significant reduction in customs revenue services, including hours of operation, provided at any office within the Department or any port of entry;

(2)

eliminate or relocate any office of the Department which provides customs revenue services; or

(3)

eliminate any port of entry.

(c)

Definition

In this section, the term “customs revenue services” means those customs revenue functions described in paragraphs (1) through (6) and paragraph (8) of section 215 of this 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. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 417 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 217

    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 417, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2181.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 417, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2181.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 417. ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BY THE SECRETARY. (a) In general.— The Secretary shall ensure that adequate staffing is provided to assure that levels of customs revenue services provided on the day before the effective date of this Act shall continue to be provided. (b) Notification of Congress.— The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate at least 90 days prior to taking any action which would— (1) result in any significant reduction in customs revenue services, including hours of operation, provided at any office within the Department or any port of entry; (2) eliminate or relocate any office of the Department which provides customs revenue services; or (3) eliminate any port of entry. (c) Definition.— In this section, the term “customs revenue services” means those customs revenue functions described in paragraphs (1) through (6) and paragraph (8) of section 415.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The effective date of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), is 60 days after , see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 417, , 116 Stat. 2181.)

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