19 U.S.C. § 1413 — Implementation and evaluation of Program

(a) Overall Program plan. (1) Within 180 days after December 8, 1993, the Secretary must develop and send the Committees an overall Program plan. It must state (A) the Program's intended final configuration; (B) describe each existing component listed in section 1411(a)(1); and (C) estimate when each planned component listed in section 1411(a)(2) will become operational. (2) It must also state (A) how far existing components meet, and planned components are expected to meet, the goals in section 1412; and (B) the current effects of existing components and likely effects of planned components on (i) importers, brokers, and other users and (ii) Customs Service jobs, operations, processes, and systems. (b) Implementation plan, testing, and evaluation. (1) For every planned component, the Secretary must (A) make an implementation plan; (B) test it for viability; (C) evaluate its contribution to the Program goals; and (D) send the Committees the plan, test results, and evaluation report. For the plan and evaluation, the Secretary must publish a request for comments in the Customs Bulletin and consult importers, brokers, shippers, and other affected trade parties. (2) Implementation. (A) The Secretary may permanently implement a component at least 30 days after completing paragraph (1)(D). (B) In counting those 30 days, exclude (i) days when either House is out of session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a fixed date or an adjournment of Congress sine die, and (ii) Saturdays and Sundays not already excluded when either House is out of session. (3) Evaluation and report. The Secretary must (A) create a satisfaction survey for Program participants; (B) evaluate it every two fiscal years and send the report to the Committees within 90 days after each second fiscal year ends; (C) for existing component 1411(a)(1)(G), send a written evaluation within 180 days after December 8, 1993 and before implementing planned components 1411(a)(2)(B) and (C), and send a report for each of the next three full fiscal years within 90 days after each year ends; and (D) within 90 days after fiscal year 1994 ends and annually through fiscal year 2000, send a written evaluation of implementation and user effects for every planned component. For these duties, the Secretary must publish comment requests in the Customs Bulletin and consult the trade community, including importers, brokers, shippers, and other affected parties. (c) Committees. “Committees” means the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. This section does not otherwise define that quoted term.