In this subtitle, the term ``customs revenue function''
means the following:
(1) Assessing and collecting customs duties
(including antidumping and countervailing duties and
duties imposed under safeguard provisions), excise
taxes, fees, and penalties due on imported merchandise,
including classifying and valuing merchandise for
purposes of such assessment.
(2) Processing and denial of entry of persons,
baggage, cargo, and mail, with respect to the
assessment and collection of import duties.
(3) Detecting and apprehending persons engaged in
fraudulent practices designed to circumvent the customs
laws of the United States.
(4) Enforcing section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930
and provisions relating to import quotas and the
marking of imported merchandise, and providing Customs
Recordations for copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
(5) Collecting accurate import data for compilation
of international trade statistics.
(6) Enforcing reciprocal trade agreements.
(7) Functions performed by the following personnel,
and associated support staff, of the United States
Customs Service on the day before the effective date of
this Act: Import Specialists, Entry Specialists,
Drawback Specialists, National Import Specialist, Fines
and Penalties Specialists, attorneys of the Office of
Regulations and Rulings, Customs Auditors,
International Trade Specialists, Financial Systems
Specialists.
(8) Functions performed by the following offices,
with respect to any function described in any of
paragraphs (1) through (7), and associated support
staff, of the United States Customs Service on the day
before the effective date of this Act: the Office of
Information and Technology, the Office of Laboratory
Services, the Office of the Chief Counsel, the Office
of Congressional Affairs, the Office of International
Affairs, and the Office of Training and Development.