19 U.S.C. § 4313
The Commissioner and the Director shall establish and carry out on a fiscal year basis educational seminars to-
In carrying out subsection (a)(1), the Commissioner, the Director, and interested parties in the private sector selected under subsection (c) shall provide instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar carried out under this section to personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and, as appropriate, to personnel of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the following:
In carrying out subsection (a)(2), the Commissioner, the Director, and interested parties in the private sector selected under subsection (c) shall provide instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar carried out under this section to personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and, as appropriate, to personnel of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify opportunities to enhance enforcement of the following:
The instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar carried out under this section shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner and the Director.
The Commissioner shall establish a process to solicit, evaluate, and select interested parties in the private sector for purposes of assisting in providing instruction and related instructional materials described in subsection (b) at each educational seminar carried out under this section.
The Commissioner shall evaluate and select interested parties in the private sector under the process established under paragraph (1) based on-
The Commissioner and the Director shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the process established under paragraph (1) and the criteria established under paragraph (2).
The Commissioner shall give due consideration to carrying out an educational seminar under this section in whole or in part to improve the ability of personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enforce a countervailing or antidumping duty order issued under section 706 or 736 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671e or 1673e) upon the request of a petitioner in an action underlying such countervailing or antidumping duty order.
A petitioner described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as an interested party in the private sector for purposes of the requirements of this section.
The Commissioner and the Director shall establish performance standards to measure the development and level of achievement of educational seminars carried out under this section.
Not later than September 30, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner and the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the effectiveness of educational seminars carried out under this section.
In this section:
The term "Director" means the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The term "United States" means the customs territory of the United States, as defined in General Note 2 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
The term "U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel" means import specialists, auditors, and other appropriate employees of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The term "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel" means Homeland Security Investigations Directorate personnel and other appropriate employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
19 U.S.C. § 4313
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(A), is act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590. Subtitles A and B of title VII of the Act are classified generally to parts I (§671 et seq.) and II (§1673 et seq.), respectively, of subtitle IV of chapter 4 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1654 of this title and Tables.The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in subsec. (g)(2), is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of this title.
- Commissioner
- The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as described in section 211(b) of title 6.
- customs and trade laws of the United States
- The term "customs and trade laws of the United States" includes the following:(A) The Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1202 et seq.).(B) Section 3 of this title.(C) Section 6 of this title.(D) The Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; 19 U.S.C. 2071 et seq.).(E) Section 58c of this title.(F) Section 66 of this title.(G) Section 68 of this title.(H) The Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 998, chapter 590; 19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.; commonly known as the "Foreign Trade Zones Act").(I) Section 198 of this title.(J) The Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).(K) The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.).(L) The North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).1(M) The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).(N) The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).(O) The Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.).(P) The African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).(Q) The Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570; 100 Stat. 3207-79).(R) The Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-382; 104 Stat. 629).(S) The Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-410; 92 Stat. 888).(T) The Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210; 116 Stat. 933).(U) The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).(V) The Act of March 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 374, chapter 266; 19 U.S.C. 2077 et seq.).(W) The Act of August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1262, chapter 566).(X) The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-26; 19 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.).(Y) The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-27; 129 Stat. 362).(Z) Any other provision of law implementing a trade agreement.(AA) Any other provision of law vesting customs revenue functions in the Secretary of the Treasury.(BB) Any other provision of law relating to trade facilitation or trade enforcement that is administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of any Federal agency that is required to participate in the International Trade Data System established under section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1411(d)) .(CC) Any other provision of customs or trade law administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- trade enforcement
- The term "trade enforcement" means the enforcement of the customs and trade laws of the United States.