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 104 STAT. 664 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 Aruba. Jamaica. Reports. fords diplomatic protection to United States employees working at the preclearance location; (B) the facilities at the preclearance location conform to Federal Inspection Services standards and are suitable for the duties to be performed therein; (C) there is adequate security around the structure used for the reception of international arrivals; (D) the government of such country grants the United States Customs Service and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service appropriate search, seizure, and arrest authority; and (E) United States employees and their families will not be subject to fear of reprisal, acts of terrorism, and threats of intimidation. (3) In determining the country in which to establish the operation described in paragraph (1), the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization shall first determine the viability of establishing such operations in either Aruba or Jamaica. If the Commissioners determine, after full consultation with the governments of such countries, that it is not viable to establish pre-clearance operations in either Aruba or Jamaica, they shall so report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, including an explanation of how this determination was reached. Such report shall be submitted to those Committees within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Following the submission of such a report, the Commissioners shall take all necessary steps, consistent with the requirements of this section, to establish such operations in another country. (c) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after September 30, 1992, the Commissioner of Customs shall submit to the Congress a report regarding the preclearance operations program carried out under subsection (a). The report shall include— (1) a summary of the preclearance operations, including the number of individuals processed, any administrative problems encountered, and cost of the operations; (2) an evaluation of the extent to which the preclearance operations contributed to— (A) the stimulation of the tourism industry of the country concerned, and (B) expedited customs processing at United States ports of entry; (3) the opinion of the Commissioner of Customs regarding the efficacy of extending preclearance operations to other countries within the Caribbean Basin that are developing tourism industries, and if the opinion is affirmative, the identity of those countries to which such operations should be extended and the estimated costs and results of such extensions; and (4) such other matters that the Commissioner of Customs considers relevant.

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