[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3644 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3644

To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
 provide for the use of customs user fees for additional preclearance 
      activities of the Customs Services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

Mr. Crane (for himself and Mr. Ramstad) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
 provide for the use of customs user fees for additional preclearance 
      activities of the Customs Services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITIES.

    Section 13031(f)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (v);
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) to the extent funds remain 
                        available after making reimbursements under 
                        clause (ii), in providing salaries for up to 50 
                        full-time equivalent inspectional positions to 
                        provide preclearance services at the 11 
                        locations in other countries where preclearance 
                        services are provided as of April 1, 1998;
                            ``(iv) to the extent funds remain available 
                        after making reimbursements under clause (iii), 
                        in providing equipment that enhance customs 
                        services at the 11 locations in other countries 
                        where preclearance services are provided as of 
                        April 1, 1998, up to a maximum of $100,000 in 
                        each fiscal year; and''; and
            (4) in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking ``clause 
        (ii)'' and inserting ``clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv)''.

SEC. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Advisory Committee.--The Commissioner of Customs shall 
establish an advisory committee whose membership shall consist of 
representatives from the airline, cruise ship, and other transportation 
industries who may be subject to fees under subsection (a). The 
advisory committee shall not be subject to termination under section 14 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The advisory committee shall 
meet on a periodic basis and shall advise the Commissioner on issues 
related to the performance of the inspectional services of the United 
States Customs Service. Such advice shall include, but not be limited 
to, such issues as the time periods during which such services should 
be performed, the proper number and deployment of inspection officers, 
the level of fees, and the appropriateness of any proposed fee. The 
Commissioner shall give consideration to the views of the advisory 
committee in the exercise of his or her duties.''.
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