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19 U.S.C. § 1645 — Transportation and interment of remains of deceased employees in foreign countries; travel or shipping expenses incurred on foreign ships
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**(a) Transfers in foreign countries** The expense of transporting the remains of customs officers and employees who die while in or in transit to foreign countries in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary and necessary expenses for such interment, at their posts of duty or at home, are authorized to be paid upon the written order of the Secretary of the Treasury. The expenses authorized by this subdivision shall be paid from the appropriation for the collection of the revenue from customs.
**(b) Transportation on foreign ships** Notwithstanding the provisions of section 601 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, or of any other law, any allowance, within the limitations prescribed by law, for travel or shipping expenses incurred on a foreign ship by any officer or employee of the Bureau of Customs or the Customs Service, shall be credited if the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Comptroller General that transportation on such foreign ship was necessary to protect the revenue.
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**(a) Transfers in foreign countries** The expense of transporting the remains of customs officers and employees who die while in or in transit to foreign countries in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and the ordinary and necessary expenses for such interment, at their posts of duty or at home, are authorized to be paid upon the written order of the Secretary of the Treasury. The expenses authorized by this subdivision shall be paid from the appropriation for the collection of the revenue from customs.
**(b) Transportation on foreign ships** Notwithstanding the provisions of section 601 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, or of any other law, any allowance, within the limitations prescribed by law, for travel or shipping expenses incurred on a foreign ship by any officer or employee of the Bureau of Customs or the Customs Service, shall be credited if the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Comptroller General that transportation on such foreign ship was necessary to protect the revenue.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 5, 42 Stat. 1454; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 645(b), 46 Stat. 761, related to travel, subsistence, and transportation expenses of customs officers and employees. These provisions are covered generally in chapter 57 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim), an agency shall pay from its appropriations, not more than once before the return to the United States of an employee whose post of duty is outside the continental United States, the expenses of transporting his immediate family and of shipping his household goods and personal effects from his post of duty to his actual place of residence when—
(1) he has acquired eligibility for that transportation; or
(2) the public interest requires the return of the immediate family for compelling personal reasons of a humanitarian or compassionate nature, such as may involve physical or mental health, death of a member of the immediate family, or obligation imposed by authority or circumstances over which the individual has no control.
**(b)** Under regulations prescribed under [section 5738 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5738&num=0&edition=prelim), an agency shall reimburse from its appropriations an employee whose post of duty is outside the continental United States for the proper transportation expenses of returning his immediate family and his household goods and personal effects to the United States, when—
(1) their return was made at the expense of the employee before his return and for other than reasons of public interest; and
(2) he acquires eligibility for those transportation expenses.
**(c)** This section does not apply to appropriations for the Foreign Service of the United States.
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The United States Customs Service, established under section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1927 ([19 U.S.C. 2071](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2071&num=0&edition=prelim)), is a service in the Department of the Treasury.
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In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate the laboratory described in subsection (b) as an additional laboratory pursuant to the authority under [section 188(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section188/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim). Such laboratory shall be used to test and evaluate emerging technologies and conduct research and development to assist emergency response providers in preparing for, and protecting against, threats of terrorism.
**(b) Laboratory described** The laboratory described in this subsection is the laboratory—
(1) known, as of December 27, 2021, as the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory; and
(2) transferred to the Department pursuant to [section 183(1)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section183/1/E&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Laboratory activities** The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory shall—
(1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assessments of current and emerging technologies, including, as appropriate, the cybersecurity of such technologies that can connect to the internet, for emergency response providers;
(2) act as a technical advisor to emergency response providers; and
(3) carry out other such activities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(d) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the authorities or responsibilities of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1645
(c) Secretary of Agriculture
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture by regulation
may apply laws and regulations on animal and
plant quarantine (including laws and regula-
tions on importing, exporting, transporting, and
quarantining animals, plants, animal and plant
products, insects, bacterial and fungus cultures,
viruses, and serums) to civil air navigation to
the extent and under conditions the Secretary
considers necessary.
(2) A person violating a law or regulation
made applicable under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section is liable for the penalties provided under
that law or regulation.
(d) Remission and mitigation of penalties
A decision to remit or mitigate a civil penalty
under this section is final. When libel pro-
ceedings are pending during a proceeding to
remit or mitigate a penalty, the appropriate
Secretary shall notify the Attorney General of
the remission or mitigation proceeding.
(e) Summary seizure of aircraft
(1) An aircraft subject to a lien under this sec-
tion may be seized summarily by and placed in
the custody of a person authorized by regula-
tions of the appropriate Secretary or the Attor-
ney General. A report of the case shall be sent
to the Attorney General. The Attorney General
shall bring promptly a civil action in rem to en-
force the lien or notify the appropriate Sec-
retary that the action will not be brought.
(2) An aircraft seized under this section shall
be released from custody when—
(A) the civil penalty or amount not remitted
or mitigated is paid;
(B) the aircraft is seized under process of a
court in a civil action in rem to enforce the
lien;
(C) the Attorney General gives notice that a
civil action will not be brought under para-
graph (1) of this subsection; or
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