[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2077]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 10--CUSTOMS SERVICE
Sec. 2077. Advances for enforcement of customs provisions
The Commissioner of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury, is authorized to direct the advance of funds by the Fiscal
Service, Treasury Department, in connection with the enforcement of the
customs laws.
(Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, Sec. 2, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, Sec. 1,
53 Stat. 1263; amended 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 1(a)(1), eff. June
30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231.)
References in Text
The customs laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to
this title.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 529c of Title 31 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by
Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
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 November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Treasury, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
``Fiscal Service'' substituted in text for ``Division of
Disbursement'' on authority of section 1(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. III of
1940, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
consolidated such division into Fiscal
