19 U.S.C. § 6 — Designation of customs officers for foreign service; status; rejection of designated customs officer; applicability of civil service laws

submitted 103 years ago by ch. 251 to r/title-19-CUSTOMS-DUTIES · 159 words · no verdicts yet

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Customs officers sent abroad get officially attached to U.S. diplomatic missions through the State Department. Where there's no mission, the State Department still arranges recognition so they can do their job. The Secretary of State can reject a nominee, and appointments follow civil service rules.

When the Secretary of the Treasury designates a customs officer for foreign service, that officer becomes officially and regularly attached to the U.S. diplomatic mission in the country where they're stationed — this attachment happens through the Department of State. If an officer is assigned to a country that has no U.S. diplomatic mission, the Department of State must still arrange appropriate recognition and standing for that officer, giving them the full facilities they need to do their official duties. The Secretary of State has the power to reject the name of any officer designated for a foreign post, if the Secretary judges that the assignment would be prejudicial — harmful — to U.S. public policy. Finally, these customs officers must be appointed following the civil service laws and regulations, based on a nomination from the principal officer in charge of the office where the appointment is being made.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any officer of the customs service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for foreign service, shall, through the Department of State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions of the United States in the countries in which they are to be stationed, and when such officers are assigned to countries in which there are no diplomatic missions of the United States, appropriate recognition and standing with full facilities for discharging their official duties shall be arranged by the Department of State. The Secretary of State may reject the name of any such officer whose assignment to the foreign post for which he has been designated would, in his judgment, be prejudicial to the public policy of the United States. The appointment of such customs officers shall be made pursuant to the civil service laws and regulations upon the nomination of the principal officer in charge of the office to which such appointments are to be made.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 2, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43 Stat. 748; May 28, 1926, ch. 411, § 1, 44 Stat. 669; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, §§ 518, 649, 46 Stat. 737, 762; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 303, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 292.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1923Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251 · 42 Stat. 1453
1925Amended · Act of Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76 · 43 Stat. 748
1926Amended · Act of May 28, 1926, ch. 411 · 44 Stat. 669
1930Amended · Act of June 17, 1930, ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 737, 762
1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 992
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-271 · 84 Stat. 292

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 251 on 1923-03-04.

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