United States Code
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§ 2082.
Customs Service administration
(a)
In general
The Commissioner of Customs 1 shall—
1
See Change of Name note below.(1)
develop and implement accounting systems that accurately determine and report the allocations made of Customs Service personnel and other resources among the various operational functions of the Service, such as passenger processing, merchandise processing and drug enforcement; and
(2)
develop and implement periodic labor distribution surveys of major workforce activities (such as inspectors, import specialists, fines, penalties, and forfeiture officers, special agents, data transcribers, and Customs aides) to determine the costs of different types of passenger and merchandise processing transactions, such as informal and formal entries, and automated and manual entries.
(b)
Survey reports
The Commissioner of Customs 1 shall no later than
(Pub. L. 101–382, title I, § 113, Aug. 20, 1990 , 104 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 101–508, title X, § 10001(d), Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1388–386; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016 , 130 Stat. 210.)
cite as: 19 USC 2082