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H.R. 1833 (106th)

Customs Authorization Act of 1999

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Introduced

18 May 1999

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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13526-13528)

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Trade Agency Authorizations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line Child Pornography Act of 1999 - Title I: United States Customs Service - Subtitle A: Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and Commercial Operations - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air and marine interdiction program. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out-year). (Sec. 102) Earmarks amounts for: (1) the acquisition and deployment of illicit narcotics detection equipment (including maintenance and support of such equipment, training of personnel, and new technologies) along the United States-Mexico border, the United States-Canada border, and Florida and Gulf Coast seaports; and (2) additional inspectors, canine enforcement officers, special agents, and enhanced investigative resources during peak hours along the such borders. (Sec. 104) Requires the Commissioner of Customs, as part of the annual program activity performance plan set forth in the Customs service budget, to establish performance goals and performance indicators, and comply with certain other requirements with respect to such border activities. Subtitle B: Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 to carry out a program to prevent child pornography-child sexual exploitation established by the Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service. Earmarks a specified amount to the national Center for Missing and exploited Children for the operation of the child pornography cyber tipline of the Center and for increased public awareness of the tipline. Subtitle C: Personnel Provisions - Chapter 1: Overtime and Premium Pay of Officers of the Customs Service - Amends Federal customs law to increase the maximum aggregate overtime pay that a customs officer may be paid in any fiscal year from $25,000 to $30,000. Permits the Commissioner to waive such limitation in individual cases in order to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency requirements. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay any customs officer for one work assignment that would result in overtime pay exceeding $30,000, in addition to any overtime pay that may be received under a waiver, upon certification to specified congressional committees that the Customs Service has in operation a system daily providing accurate and reliable data on overtime and premium pay for customs officers. (Sec. 122) Prohibits payment of overtime and premium pay to any customs officer unless such officer has actually performed work during the time corresponding to such pay (except with respect to the payment of an award or settlement to a customs officer as a result of an adverse personnel action). (Sec. 123) Revises requirements for the night work differential to change shift times: (1) from 3 p.m.-to-midnight to 6 p.m.-to-midnight; (2) from 11 p.m.-to-8 a.m. to midnight-to-6 a.m.; and (3) from 7: 30 p.m.-to-3: 30 a.m. to midnight.-to-8 a.m. (Sec. 124) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to use any savings from payment of overtime and premium pay for additional overtime enforcement activities. Chapter 2: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Commissioner of Customs to conduct a study, and report the results to specified congressional committees, of current Customs personnel practices, including an overview of performance standards and the effect and impact of the collective bargaining process on Customs drug interdiction efforts and a comparison of Customs duty rotation policies and other Federal agencies that employ similarly-situated personnel. Title II: Office of the United States Trade Representative - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Requires the USTR to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out- year). Title III: United States International Trade Commission - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). Requires the ITC to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out-year).

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