CUSTOMS SERVICE

Bills and resolutions

Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1463), H1908 [28AP]

Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in the performance of their border protection functions (see H.R. 805), H588 [13FE]

Florida: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers (see H.R. 3034), H10767 [12NO]

Income: modify overtime and premium pay rates of customs officers (see H.R. 2262), H5825 [25JY]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (see H.R. 994), H803 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see S. 397; H.R. 1215), S1979 [5MR], H1288 [21MR]

Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission standards (see H.R. 8), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

NAFTA: parity among participating countries relative to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased abroad (see H. Con. Res. 51), H1261 [20MR]

New Mexico: establish commercial zone on border of Mexico (see S. 1039), S7767 [21JY]

Tariff: provide that certain goods may be reimported into the U.S. without additional duty (see S. 1477), S12118 [8NO]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see S. 646; H.R. 1504), S3662 [24AP], H2090 [30AP]

Letters

New Mexico commercial zone on border of Mexico: Albert C. Zapanta, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, S7770 [21JY]

———Gary D. Bratcher, New Mexico Economic Development Dept., S7769 [21JY]

———Mary Alice Garay, M.A. & Sons, Chile Products (business), S7769 [21JY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H4116 [20JN], H4382 [25JN], H4920 [9JY], H6892-H6898 [4SE], H6923 [5SE], E1671, E1672 [5SE]

———withdrawal of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H6300 [30JY]

Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1463), H2181-H2183 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in the performance of their border protection functions, H9504 [24OC], H9597 [28OC]

———assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in the performance of their border protection functions (H.R. 2922), E2272 [9NO]

———assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in the performance of their border protection functions (H.R. 805), E251 [13FE], E2272 [9NO]

Florida: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers (H.R. 3034), H10889-H10891 [13NO]

Foreign trade: prohibit imports produced by bonded child labor, H7476 [17SE]

International Customs Day: observance, E70 [7JA]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 994), H7286 [16SE], H7639, H7640 [23SE], E398 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (H.R. 1215), H1852 [24AP], H2647 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Florida: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers (H.R. 3034), S12711 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (S. 397), S1984 [5MR]

New Mexico: establish commercial zone on border of Mexico (S. 1039), S7769 [21JY]

Tariff: provide that certain goods may be reimported into the U.S. without additional duty (S. 1477), S12144 [8NO]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (S. 646), S3937 [5MY]

Reports filed

Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Appropriations: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1463) (H. Rept. 105-85), H2154 [1MY]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 994) (H. Rept. 105-228), H6702 [31JY]

Texts of

H.R. 994, Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX, H7639 [23SE]

H.R. 1463, Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative appropriations, H2181 [6MY]

H.R. 3034, allow the use of Customs Service user fees to provide for inspectional personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers in Florida, H10889 [13NO]