§ 6. — Designation of customs officers for foreign service; status; rejection of designated customs officer; applicability of civil service laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC6]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 1--COLLECTION DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND OFFICERS
Sec. 6. Designation of customs officers for foreign service;
status; rejection of designated customs officer; applicability
of civil service laws
Any officer of the customs service designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury for foreign service, shall, through the Department of
State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions
of the United States in the countries in which they are to be stationed,
and when such officers are assigned to countries in which there are no
diplomatic missions of the United States, appropriate recognition and
standing with full facilities for discharging their official duties
shall be arranged by the Department of State. The Secretary of State may
reject the name of any such officer whose assignment to the foreign post
for which he has been designated would, in his judgment, be prejudicial
to the public policy of the United States. The appointment of such
customs officers shall be made pursuant to the civil service laws and
regulations upon the nomination of the principal officer in charge of
the office to which such appointments are to be made.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, Sec. 2, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43
Stat. 748; May 28, 1926, ch. 411, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 669; June 17, 1930,
ch. 497, title IV, Secs. 518, 649, 46 Stat. 737, 762; June 25, 1948, ch.
646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 91-271, title III, Sec. 303, June 2,
1970, 84 Stat. 292.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set forth in Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section
3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Amendments
1970--Pub. L. 91-271 struck out provisions authorizing Secretary of
the Treasury to appoint, prescribe designations and duties, and fix
compensation of deputies and other customs officers, laborers, and other
employees.
1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out fourth sentence relating to
appointment and compensation of clerks of Customs Court.
1930--Act June 17, 1930, Sec. 518, authorized Secretary of the
Treasury to appoint and fix compensation of clerks of Customs Court.
1926--Act May 28, 1926, substituted ``United States Customs Court''
for ``Board of General Appraisers''.
Act June 17, 1930, Sec. 649, substituted ``Treasury attaches'' for
``Customs attaches''.
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.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
Transfer of Functions
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.
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 1950
Reorg. Plan No. 26. 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 52 of this title; title 6
section 212.
