19-U.S.C.-2078
§2078 – Certification of Reason For Advance
Pathway
Title 19 > Chapter 10 > Section 2078
Details
- Reference: Section 2078
- Legend: §2078 – Certification of Reason For Advance
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
A certificate by the Commissioner of Customs stating the amount of an expenditure made from funds advanced and certifying that the confidential nature of the transaction involved renders it inadvisable to specify the details thereof or impracticable to furnish the payees receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for the sum expressed to have been expended.
(Mar. 28, 1928, ch. 266, §3, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 566, §1, 53 Stat. 1263; amended Pub. L. 91–513, title III, §1102(n)(2), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 529d of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, §1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–513 struck out reference to Commissioner of Narcotics.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–513 effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after the day immediately preceding the date of enactment of Pub. L. 91–513, which was approved on Oct. 27, 1970, see section 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 951 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
Savings Provision
Prosecutions for any violation of law occurring, and civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced, prior to the effective date of amendment of this section by section 1102 of Pub. L. 91–513 not to be affected or abated by reason thereof, see section 1103 of Pub. L. 91–513, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
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, §§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.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
19-U.S.C.-2075 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Customs Duties
In this entry about 19-U.S.C.-2075, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to customs duties in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States customs duties-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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