§ 2. — Rearrangement and limitation of districts; changing locations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 1--COLLECTION DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND OFFICERS
Sec. 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, Sec. 1(19),
45 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 91-271, title III, Sec. 302, June 2, 1970, 84
Stat. 291.)
Amendments
1970--Pub. L. 91-271 struck out provisions limiting the number of
customs-collection districts and ports of entry to those established and
authorized as of Aug. 1, 1914, 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.
1928--Act May 29, 1928, 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.''
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-271 effective with respect to articles
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after Oct.
1, 1970, and such other articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse for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 Oct. 1, 1970, see section
203 of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this
title.
Transfer of Functions
All 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 December 31, 1966, by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat.
1317, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Functions 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, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
Delegation of Functions
For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in
President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10289, Sec. 1(a), Sept. 17,
1951, 16 F.R. 9499, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The
President.
Customs Districts and Ports of Entry
An alphabetical index of ports of entry is contained in Schedule D
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff
Schedule note set out under section 1202 of this title.
For list of international airports of entry, see section 6.13 of
Part 6 of Chapter 1, United States Customs Service, of Title 19, Customs
Duties, of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Virginia Inland Port; Withdrawal of Designation as Customs Service Port
of Entry Prohibited
Pub. L. 104-52, title V, Sec. 512, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 492,
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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.''
[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 November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.]
Columbia-Snake Customs District
Pub. L. 98-573, title II, Sec. 238, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 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. 93-245, ch. X, Sec. 1000, Jan. 3, 1974, 87 Stat. 1083,
prohibited use of funds to change boundaries of Pembina, North Dakota
Customs District (Region IX), without consent of certain Congressional
committees.
