PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003
117 STAT. 441
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a) CREATION OF INTEGRATED BORDER INSPECTION AREAS.— (1) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), shall seek to establish Integrated Border Inspection Areas (IBIAs), i.e., areas on either side of the United States-Canada border in which the United States Customs officers can inspect vehicles entering the United States from Canada before they enter the United States, or Canadian officers can inspect vehicles entering Canada from the United States before they enter Canada. This may include, where appropriate, employment of reverse inspection techniques. (2) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with the Administrator of the General Services Administration when appropriate, shall endeavor to carry out the IBIA program in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the surrounding community. (b) Section 1401(i) of title 19, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including foreign law enforcement officers,’’ after ‘‘or other person’’. (c) Section 1629 of title 19, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (a) by inserting ‘‘, or subsequent to their exit from,’’ after ‘‘prior to their arrival in’’; (2) in paragraph (c) by inserting ‘‘or exportation’’ after ‘‘relating to the importation’’ and by inserting ‘‘or exit’’ after ‘‘port of entry’’; (3) in paragraph (e), by— (A) inserting ‘‘and agriculture inspection’’ after ‘‘customs’’ in each instance where reference is currently made to ‘‘customs officers’’ or ‘‘customs officials’’ in this subsection; (B) inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of Agriculture’’ after ‘‘in coordination with the Secretary’’; (C) inserting ‘‘or that have gone directly from that country to the United States’’ after ‘‘to that country from the United States’’; (D) inserting ‘‘or exportation’’ after ‘‘governing the importation’’; (E) deleting ‘‘and’’ and inserting a comma (‘‘,’’) after ‘‘such functions’’; (F) inserting ‘‘, and enjoy such privileges and immunities’’ after ‘‘such duties’’; (G) inserting ‘‘or are afforded’’ after ‘‘authorized to perform’’; and (H) deleting ‘‘under reciprocal agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘by treaty, agreement or law’’. (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) Persons designated to perform the duties of an officer of the Customs Service pursuant to section 1401 (i) of this title shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as an officer of the Customs Service with respect to any actions taken by the designated person in the performance of such duties.’’. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
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