Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§1412 Program Goals
Title 19 › CHAPTER 4 — TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › SUBTITLE III — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part I — Definitions and National Customs Automation Program › subpart b — national customs automation program › § 1412
Summary
Require Customs to apply and enforce rules uniformly, with as little disruption to normal business as possible, and to improve compliance.
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Title 19, §1412
Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The goals of the Program are to ensure that all regulations and rulings that are administered or enforced by the Customs Service are administered and enforced in a manner that—
(1)is uniform and consistent;
(2)is as minimally intrusive upon the normal flow of business activity as practicable; and
(3)improves compliance.
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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.
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19 U.S.C. § 1412
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102