31 USC § 308 - United States Customs Service

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title: "31 USC § 308 - United States Customs Service"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "308"
section_name: "United States Customs Service"
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chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 880.)"
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# § 308. United States Customs Service

section 1 of the Act of March 3, 192719 U.S.C. 2071

The United States Customs Service, established under  (), is a service in the Department of the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 880.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 308 | (no source). |  |

The section is included to provide in subchapter I of chapter 3 of the revised title a complete list of the organizational units established by law that are in the Department of the Treasury or are subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury.

## 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 sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under . For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in  as of , see , as amended generally by , and , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Change of Name

Bureau of Customs redesignated United States Customs Service by Treasury Department Order 165–23, , eff. , 38 F.R. 13037.