19 USC 4313 - Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade

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§ 4313.

Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade

(a)

Establishment

The Commissioner and the Director shall establish and carry out on a fiscal year basis educational seminars to—

(1)

improve the ability of personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to classify and appraise articles imported into the United States in accordance with the customs and trade laws of the United States;

(2)

improve the trade enforcement efforts of personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and personnel of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and

(3)

otherwise improve the ability and effectiveness of personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and personnel of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to facilitate legitimate international trade.

(b)

Content

(1)

Classifying and appraising imported articles

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:

(A)

Conducting a physical inspection of an article imported into the United States, including testing of samples of the article, to determine if the article is mislabeled in the manifest or other accompanying documentation.

(B)

Reviewing the manifest and other accompanying documentation of an article imported into the United States to determine if the country of origin of the article listed in the manifest or other accompanying documentation is accurate.

(C)

Customs valuation.

(D)

Industry supply chains and other related matters as determined to be appropriate by the Commissioner.

(2)

Trade enforcement efforts

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:

(A)

Collection of countervailing duties assessed under subtitle A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) and antidumping duties assessed under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.).

(B)

Addressing evasion of duties on imports of textiles.

(C)

Protection of intellectual property rights.

(D)

Enforcement of child labor laws.

(3)

Approval of Commissioner and Director

(c)

Selection process

(1)

In general

(2)

Criteria

The Commissioner shall evaluate and select interested parties in the private sector under the process established under paragraph (1) based on—

(A)

availability and usefulness;

(B)

the volume, value, and incidence of mislabeling or misidentification of origin of imported articles; and

(C)

other appropriate criteria established by the Commissioner.

(3)

Public availability

(d)

Special rule for antidumping and countervailing duty orders

(1)

In general

(2)

Interested party

(e)

Performance standards

(f)

Reporting

(g)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Director

(2)

United States

(3)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel

(4)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel

(Pub. L. 114–125, title I, § 104, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 130.)

cite as: 19 USC 4313