Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 348, § 344 Stat. 1382Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 1068 Stat. 1229(, ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 281b of Title 5Pub. L. 89–554, § 180 Stat. 378Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by , , .
Subsection (c) of section 3 of act , abolished the Division of Customs and offices of directors and assistant directors of customs and Special Agency Service of the Customs.
Amendments
1954—Subsec. (a). Act , repealed subsec. (a) which related to the delegation of duty to Commissioner of Customs by Secretary of the Treasury.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
section 542 of Title 6Pub. L. 107–296section 211 of Title 6Pub. L. 114–125section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125section 211 of Title 6For 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 .
Executive Documents
Change of Name
section 308 of Title 31“United States Customs Service” substituted in text for “Bureau of Customs” pursuant to Treasury Department Order 165–23, , eff. , 38 F.R. 13037. See, also, , Money and Finance.
Transfer of Functions
64 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, , 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.