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Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110

§3808 Additional Implementation and Enforcement Requirements

Title 19 › CHAPTER 24 — BIPARTISAN TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY › § 3808

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the President sends Congress the final text of a trade agreement, the President must also send a plan saying how the agreement will be carried out and enforced. The plan must describe extra border staff, extra federal agency staff (for example USTR, Commerce, Agriculture — including staff for sanitary and phytosanitary measures — and Treasury), extra Customs equipment and facilities, the effect on state and local governments from more trade, and the costs for all of these. The President must include a request for the money needed to carry out the plan in the first budget sent to Congress after the plan is submitted.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §3808

Customs Duties, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
At the time the President submits to the Congress the final text of an agreement pursuant to section 3805(a)(1)(C) of this title, the President shall also submit a plan for implementing and enforcing the agreement. The implementation and enforcement plan shall include the following:
(1)Border personnel requirements
A description of additional personnel required at border entry points, including a list of additional customs and agricultural inspectors.
(2)Agency staffing requirements
A description of additional personnel required by Federal agencies responsible for monitoring and implementing the trade agreement, including personnel required by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Agriculture (including additional personnel required to implement sanitary and phytosanitary measures in order to obtain market access for United States exports), the Department of the Treasury, and such other agencies as may be necessary.
(3)Customs infrastructure requirements
A description of the additional equipment and facilities needed by the United States Customs Service.
(4)Impact on State and local governments
A description of the impact the trade agreement will have on State and local governments as a result of increases in trade.
(5)Cost analysis
An analysis of the costs associated with each of the items listed in paragraphs (1) through (4).
(b)Budget submission
The President shall include a request for the resources necessary to support the plan described in subsection (a) in the first budget that the President submits to the Congress after the submission of the plan.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 13277, Nov. 19, 2002, 67 F.R. 70305, set out as a note under section 3801 of this title.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 3808

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110