§1413 Implementation and Evaluation of Program

Summary

The Secretary must make and send an overall plan for the Program to the Committees before the 180th day after December 8, 1993. The plan must say what the finished Program will look like, describe the parts that already exist, and give estimates for when planned parts will come online. The plan must also explain how well current and planned parts meet the Program goals in section 1412 and how they affect importers, brokers and other users, and Customs Service jobs, operations, processes, and systems. For each planned part, the Secretary must write an implementation plan, test the part, evaluate how it helps reach the goals, and send the plan, test results, and evaluation to the Committees. The Secretary must publish a request for comments in the Customs Bulletin and talk with the trade community. A part may become permanent 30 days after those materials are sent, counting days the same way Congress uses (excluding days when either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain or an adjournment sine die, and excluding Saturdays and Sundays when either House is not in session). The Secretary must also make a user satisfaction survey, review survey results every two fiscal years, and send a report no later than the 90th day after the close of each 2d fiscal year. For the existing component listed in section 1411(a)(1)(G), the Secretary must send a written evaluation before the 180th day after December 8, 1993 and before certain planned parts are implemented, and must send reports for each of the 3 full fiscal years after December 8, 1993 no later than the 90th day after each year ends. The Secretary must also send written evaluations about each planned part’s implementation and effect on users no later than the 90th day after the close of fiscal year 1994 and annually through fiscal year 2000. "Committees" means the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance.