Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110
§1529 Collection of Fees on Behalf of Other Agencies
Title 19 › CHAPTER 4 — TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › SUBTITLE III — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part III — Ascertainment, Collection, and Recovery of Duties › § 1529
Summary
The Customs Service must be paid back from the fees it collects to cover any costs, including administrative costs, that it spends when collecting fees for any other government agency for any reason.
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Title 19, §1529
Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Customs Service shall be reimbursed from the fees collected for the cost and expense, administrative and otherwise, incurred in collecting any fees on behalf of any government agency for any reason.
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, 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. § 1529
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110