19 U.S.C. § 2 | Rearrangement and limitation of districts; changing locations

The President is authorized from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require, to rearrange, by consolidation or otherwise, the several customs-collection districts and to discontinue ports of entry by abolishing the same or establishing others in their stead. The President is authorized from time to time to change the location of the headquarters in any customs-collection district as the needs of the service may require.

Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223 38 Stat. 623 May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(19)45 Stat. 987 Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 302June 2, 197084 Stat. 291(, ; , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 91–271Aug. 1, 19141970— struck out provisions limiting the number of customs-collection districts and ports of entry to those established and authorized as of , except as thereafter provided by law, and provisions requiring the collector of customs of each customs-collection district to be officially designated by the number of the district for which appointed.

May 29, 19281928—Act , provided for discontinuance of the statement or report as required by a proviso at end of section which read as follows: “That the President shall, at the beginning of each regular session, submit to Congress a statement of all acts, if any, done under the provisions of this section and the reasons therefor.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Pub. L. 91–271Oct. 1, 1970Oct. 1, 1970section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271 section 1500 of this titleAmendment by effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after , and such other articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption prior to such date, or with respect to which a protest has not been disallowed in whole or in part before , see , set out as a note under .

Virginia Inland Port; Withdrawal of Designation as Customs Service Port of Entry Prohibited

Pub. L. 104–52, title V, § 512Nov. 19, 1995109 Stat. 492

September 30, 1996“Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, during the fiscal year ending , and thereafter, no funds may be obligated or expended in any way to withdraw the designation of the Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United States Customs Service port of entry.”

, , , provided that:

November 25, 2002section 542 of Title 6 Pub. L. 107–296Nov. 25, 2002section 211 of Title 6 Pub. L. 114–125 section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125 section 211 of Title 6[For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under . For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in as of , see , as amended generally by , and , set out as a note under .]

Columbia-Snake Customs District

Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 238Oct. 30, 198498 Stat. 2993, , , directed Commissioner of United States Customs Service to establish a customs district known as Columbia-Snake Customs District.

Pembina, North Dakota, Customs District; Change in Boundaries Prohibited Without Congressional Consent

Pub. L. 93–245Jan. 3, 197487 Stat. 1083, ch. X, § 1000, , , prohibited use of funds to change boundaries of Pembina, North Dakota Customs District (Region IX), without consent of certain Congressional committees.

Customs Districts and Ports of Entry

section 1202 of this titleAn alphabetical index of ports of entry is contained in Schedule D of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under .

For list of international airports of entry, see section 122.13 of Part 122 of Chapter 1 of Title 19, Customs Duties, of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

December 31, 1966May 25, 196579 Stat. 1317 section 1 of this titleAll offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than , by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. , 30 F.R. 7035, , set out as a note under .

July 31, 195064 Stat. 1280Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 4935, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Delegation of Functions

Sept. 17, 1951section 301 of Title 3For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10289, § 1(a), , 16 F.R. 9499, set out as a note under , The President.