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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 307

toms Service, including assets, geographic dispersal, costs of operation, procurement practices, and the services and equipment provided by other Federal agencies. Within 6 months after commencing the study, the General Accounting Office shall consult with the Committees on the progress of the study."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(f) USE OF SAVINGS RESULTING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDA-

TIONS.—If savings in salaries and expenses result from the consolidation of administrative functions within the Customs Service, the Commissioner of Customs shall apply those savings, to the extent they are not needed to meet emergency requirements of the Service, to strengthening the commercial operations of the Service by increasing the number of inspector, import specialist, patrol officer, and other line operational positions. "(g) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—The Commissioner of Customs

shall ensure that existing levels of commercial services, including inspection and control, classification, and value, shall continue to be provided by Customs personnel assigned to the headquarters office of any Customs district designated by statute before the date of enactment of this subsection. The number of such personnel assigned to any such district headquarters shall not be reduced through attrition or otherwise, and such personnel shall be afforded the opportunity to maintain their proficiency through training and workshops to the same extent provided to Customs personnel in any other district. Automation and other modernization equipment shall be made available, as needed on a timely basis, to such headquarters to the same extent as such equipment is made available to any other district headquarters.". (b) ELIMINATION OF SURETIES ON CUSTOMS BONDS.—(1)

The

Commissioner of Customs may not publish, nor take any other action to give force and effect to, any final rule that would revise any provision in 19 CFR part 113 or section 142.4 (as in effect on March 1, 1984) relating to the requirement for sureties on customs bonds— (A) unless the Commissioner submits to the Committee on Reports. Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, on the same day, a report containing— (i) the text of the draft final rule; (ii) an analysis of the revenue impact of the rule; (iii) a regulatory impact analysis; (iv) the estimated cost benefit of the rule to the Customs Service and to the importing community, and an explanation in support of those estimates; and (v) a justification for each revision to be effected by the rule; and (B) until the close of the first period of 90 calendar days of continuous session of Congress occurring after the date on which the report is submitted under subparagraph (A). SEC. 13023. UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.

Section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) is amended— (1) by inserting before the semicolon at the end of subsection (d)(1) the following: ", except that not more than 20 individuals may be employed without regard to any provision of law regulating the employment or compensation at rates not to exceed

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