§1413 Implementation and evaluation of Program

Summary

The Secretary must write and send an overall plan for the Program to the Committees by the 180th day after December 8, 1993. The plan must describe what the full Program will look like, explain the current parts listed in section 1411(a)(1), and give estimates of when the planned parts in section 1411(a)(2) will start. The plan must also say how well the current and planned parts meet the Program goals in section 1412 and how they affect importers, brokers, other users, and Customs jobs, operations, and systems. For each planned part in section 1411(a)(2), the Secretary must make an implementation plan, test the part, evaluate how it helps reach the goals, and send the plan, test results, and evaluation to the Committees. Any part can be made permanent 30 days after those materials are sent, with those 30 days not counting long Congressional adjournments or Saturdays and Sundays when either House is not in session. The Secretary must also make a user survey, report survey results every two fiscal years by the 90th day after the close of the 2nd year, and send various evaluations and yearly reports on specific components on the exact dates and years named in the law. “Committees” means the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.