Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§267a Foreign language proficiency awards
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Summary
The Secretary of the Treasury may authorize cash bonuses for customs officers who have foreign language skills, and those payments must follow the same rules used for federal law enforcement awards.
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Title 19, §267a
Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Cash awards for foreign language proficiency may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to customs officers (as referred to in section 267(e)(1) of this title) to the same extent and in the same manner as would be allowable under subchapter III of chapter 45 of title 5 with respect to law enforcement officers (as defined by section 4521 of such title).
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Effective Date
Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13812(c)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 671, provided that: “Subsection (b) [enacting this section] takes effect on January 1, 1994.”
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19 U.S.C. § 267a
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73