[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: January 26, 1994]
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                       INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY

 Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, the Customs Cooperation Council 
was founded on this day in 1953. The Council is a 133-member 
international organization which facilitates international trade by 
promoting cooperation on customs matters. The Council has declared 
today International Customs Day in honor of the occasion and in honor 
of national customs services around the world.
  I rise in recognition of the laudable efforts by the Customs 
Cooperation Council to harmonize and simplify international customs 
rules over the last four decades. And I speak as well in honor of our 
own Customs Service. As my colleagues may know, the customs Service was 
the principal source of our revenues until the adoption of the 16th 
amendment.
  As chairman of the Finance Committee, I have worked closely with the 
Customs Service over the past year, not least on such issues as 
legislation to modernize the Customs Service, which my colleagues will 
recall we passed into law as part of the bill to implement the NAFTA. 
The dedicated women and men of the Service are well-deserving of the 
recognition they receive today. 

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