Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§81i Cooperation of Board with other agencies
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 1A— - FOREIGN TRADE ZONES › § 81i
Summary
The Board must work with the state and the local governments where the free zone is so they can use their police, health, and other powers there. It must also work with the United States Customs Service, the United States Postal Service, the Public Health Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and any other federal agencies that have authority at the ports of entry mentioned in section 81b.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §81i
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The Board shall cooperate with the State, subdivision, and municipality in which the zone is located in the exercise of their police, sanitary, and other powers in and in connection with the free zone. It shall also cooperate with the United States Customs Service, the United States Postal Service, the Public Health Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and such other Federal agencies as have jurisdiction in ports of entry described in section 81b of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–36 substituted “United States Postal Service, the Public Health Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service” for “Post Office Department, the Public Health Service, the Bureau of Immigration”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective
June 25, 1966, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, title V, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Functions of officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department transferred, with a few exceptions, to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by former section 1 and 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, eff.
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, referred to in this section, was in Department of Justice. Functions of officers of Department of the Treasury and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff.
July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Customs Service was under Department of the Treasury.
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Citation
19 U.S.C. § 81i
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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