U.S. Customs Service Reorganization and Modernization Efforts: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, January 30, 1995, Volume 4Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
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achieve ACTION ACTION ACTION TERM COMPLETE administrative AGENCY STATUS ANSWER Assistant Commissioner audit Automated Export System brokers business process improvement business processes cargo Chairman CRANE changes Chief Financial Officer CMC's CMCs COMMENTS SYSTEM PROGRESS Commissioner of Customs Commissioner Weise Committee compliance measurement Congress culture Customs Law Customs Management Center Customs Modernization Act CUSTOMS REORGANIZATION REPORT Customs should direct Dallas/Fort Worth develop District effective employees ensure export Federal Quality Institute Financial Audit fiscal focus functions GAO REPORTS goals Headquarters implementation important in-bond informed compliance international trade issues locations LONG¹ ACTION TERM mission Mod Act NAFTA NTEU operations organization partnership penalties performance personnel ports of entry problems procedures process improvement process management process owners proposed RECOMMENDATIONS LONG¹ ACTION regulations requirements responsible statement Strategic Trade strategies SYSTEM PROGRESS ACTION trade community trade compliance U.S. CUSTOMS REORGANIZATION U.S. Customs Service Uruguay Round
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Page 3 - In order to assure the most productive use of the limited amount of time available to question witnesses, all witnesses scheduled to appear before the Subcommittee are required to submit 200 copies of their prepared statements for review by Members prior to the hearing.
Page 194 - ... the North American Free Trade Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the application of more sustainable practices of the conservation compliance program.
Page 3 - ... whether they are scheduled for oral testimony or not, will be notified as soon as possible after the filing deadline. Witnesses scheduled to present oral testimony are required to summarize briefly their written statements in no more than five minutes. THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Page 23 - Process as a collection of activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that is of value to the customer.
Page 132 - International agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), have gradually lowered trade barriers, such as tariffs and import quotas.
Page 19 - ... regulating the movement of persons, carriers, merchandise, and commodities between the United States and other nations while facilitating the movement of all legitimate cargo, carriers, travelers, and mail; interdicting narcotics and other contraband; and, enforcing certain provisions of the export control laws of the United States.
Page 206 - Service is made (taking into consideration the number, type and age of the item demanded) if "such record is required by law or regulation for the entry of the merchandise (whether or not the Customs Service required its presentation at the time of entry)." Section 509(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930. as amended by Public Law 103-182 (19 USC 1509(e» requires the Customs Service to identify and publish a list of the records and entry information that is required to be maintained and produced under subsection...
Page 206 - Section 509(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by title VI of Public Law 103-182, commonly referred to as the Customs Modernization Act (19 USC 1509(a)(l)(A)). requires the production, within a reasonable time after demand by the Customs Service is made (taking into consideration the number, type and age of the item demanded) if "such record is required by law or regulation for the entry of the merchandise (whether or not the Customs Service required its presentation at the time of entry).
Page 82 - OMB intends to broaden the scope of agency reviews to include management issues as well as govemmentwide initiatives, such as the Government Performance and Results Act and the Chief Financial Officers Act.
Page 239 - ATMI is the national association of the textile mill product industry (SIC Industry 22). Its members are engaged in every facet of textile manufacturing and marketing and collectively account for more than 75 percent of the fiber consumed by the domestic textile mill products industry. The...