Questão 1125668

Considering the text below as a historical account on the extinct United States Custom Service, whose activities are nowadays carried out by the U.S. Customs and Border Control, answer question 20.

The agency known as the United States Customs

Service collects the revenue from imports and

enforces customs and related laws and also

administers the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and

5 other customs laws. Some of the responsibilities

which the Customs Service is specifically charged

with are as follows: properly assessing and collecting

customs duties, excise taxes, fees, and penalties

due on imported merchandise; interdicting and

10 seizing contraband, including narcotics and illegal

drugs; processing persons, carriers, cargo, and

mail into and out of the United States; administering

certain navigation laws; detecting and apprehending

persons engaged in fraudulent practices designed

15 to circumvent customs and related laws; protecting

American business and labor by enforcing statutes

and regulations such as the Anti-dumping Act and

those regarding countervailing duties.

(Source: Henry Campbell Black. Customs Service. Black’s Law Dictionary. 6th Edition. St. Paul (MINN.), West Publishing: 1990. p. 386. Adapted)

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