The United States Customs Service (now known as A CBP unmanned aerial vehicle. Commissioner Robert Bonner U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States. CBP also is responsible for apprehending individuals attempting to enter the United States... U.S. Customs and Border Protection or "CBP") was the portion of the ... US Federal Government dedicated to keeping This article is about law in society. For other possible meanings, see law (disambiguation). Law (a loanword from Danish-Norwegian lov), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations; as well as punishments for... illegal products outside of US Border has several different, but related meanings: Generic borders A border can consist of a margin around the edge of something, such as a lawn, garden, photograph, or sheet of paper. Horticultural borders A herbaceous border comprises a narrow strip of plants along the edge of a garden path or... borders. It also regulated what could leave the United States and was partially responsible for who could enter the United States.

Operations are divided into two separate sections - the first of which is the Office of Field Operations (OFO) which handles This article is in need of attention. Please see its listing on Pages needing attention and improve it in any way you see fit. When the issues regarding this page have been resolved, remove this notice and the listing, but please do not remove this notice until the article has... duties and tax penalties along with helping to prevent Contraband consists of items of which possession may be illegal, depending on the variety and the country or the age or sex of the possessor. One can be punished for having such an item, even if one has paid for it, made it oneself, or is in possession of it... contraband from entering the United States. It is primarily made up of Officers that serve as the "front-line" of CBP by monitoring and policing all international ports of entry into the United States, whether they be land, sea or air; by screening incoming and outgoing international shipments of cargo; as well as inspecting informal entries of dutiable goods by individuals through personal transport or shipment through international postal carriers (government and private). CBP Officers also handle operations regarding smuggling of contraband into the United States and control the exportation of controlled or strategic resources from the United States. Other OFO personnel include Import Specialists, CBP Intelligence Officers, and other contracted personnel responsible for record keeping, handling 2003 GMO USDA protest Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favour, more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action... protest and tax penalty arbitration along with other record support functions.

Import Specialists provide the backbone of OFO by providing expertise concerning proper classification of goods for the purpose of charging duties. The primary resource for determining duty classifications is the two volume Harmonized Tarrif Schedule for the US or HTSUS, which is updated annually. Import Specialists are divided into Commodity Teams (CTs) which are assigned specific types of goods to specialize in. For example: one team may be assigned vehicles, vehicle components and ball bearings and another may be assigned clothing, textiles and toys. Each CT is assigned a more senior Import Specialist whose job it is to train Import Specialists that are new to a particular Commodity Team. These individuals are usually defacto experts in the analysis of goods that they are assigned and are often called upon to physically inspect goods entering (or petitioning to enter) the United States. They are primarily enagaged in activities concerning Formal Entries which are handled by Customs Brokerage Houses, but they also provide assistance in Informal Entries.

The other half of the United States Customs and Border Protection Service is the Office of Investigation or "OI." The Office of Investigation consists of specialized sections of Special Agent is the United States governments title for a detective or investigator of the Series 0081 in the Office of Personnel Management or OPM handbook. These personnel may be criminal or non-criminal investigators. Such persons are usually armed and have the power to arrest and conduct investigations... Special Agents that are divided by common crimes regarding international affairs. Primary sections include Financial Crimes, The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep (such state is narcosis). In the U.S. legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semisynthetic or totally synthetic substitutes. Cocaine and coca leaves, which are classified... Narcotics, A strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. Strategy applies to many disparate fields, such as: Military strategy Marketing strategies Strategic management Football strategy Game theoretical strategy Economic strategy Neuro-linguistic programming strategy Applications The best strategy is the indirect approach, not head... Strategic, and Computer Forensics. The Office of Investigation also includes an The internal affairs division of a police agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. Due to the sensitive nature of this responsibility, in many departments officers working internal affairs are not in a detective command, but report directly to the... Internal Affairs section that monitors and investigates allegations of misconduct and criminal activity within both the Office of Investigation and the Office of Field Operations.

Commissioner

Robert C. Bonner was the 17th Commissioner of U.S. Customs and is now the first Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. He was appointed by President George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and currently the 43rd President of the United States. He is a member of the Bush political family, the son of former President George H.W. Bush, and the brother of Jeb Bush the Governor of Florida. Order: 43rd... George W. Bush and has served since 2001. The previous 16 Commissioners of Customs, their dates of service, and which president appointed them, in decending order.

• Raymond W. Kelly, 1998-2001, William J. Clinton
• George J. Weise, 1993-1997, William J.Clinton
• Carol B. Hallett, 1989-1993, George Bush
• William Von Raab, 1981-1989, Ronald W. Reagan
• Robert E. Chasen, 1977-1980, Jimmy Carter
• Vernon Darrell Acree, 1972-1977, Gerald R. Ford, Richard W. Nixon
• Myles Joseph Ambrose, 1969-1972, Richard W. Nixon
• Lester D. Johnson, 1965-1969, Lyndon B. Johnson
• Philip Nichols, Jr., 1961-1964, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy
• Ralph Kelly, 1954-1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Frank Dow, 1949-1953 Acting, 1947-1949, Harry S. Truman
• William Roy Johnson, 1940-1947, Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Basil Harris, 1939-1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt
• James Henry Moyle, 1933-1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Francis Xavier A. Eble, 1929-1933, Herbert Hoover
• Ernest W. Camp, 1927-1929, Calvin Coolidge

History of the United States Customs Service

Responding to the urgent need for revenue following the The American Revolutionary War ( 1775– 1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. The war, which eventually widened far beyond British North America, resulted in the overthrow of British rule in... American Revolutionary War, the First A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. Legislative assembly Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government. A congress is different from a parliament in that legislative initiative is vested into... Congress passed and President Order: 1st President Vice President: John Adams Term of office: April 30, 1789 – March 3, 1797 Preceded by: None Succeeded by: John Adams Date of birth: February 22, 1732 Place of birth: Westmoreland, Virginia Date of death: December... George Washington signed the Tariff Act of July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. Events 993 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized. 1054 - A supernova is observed by the Chinese and Amerindians near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough... July 4, 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 7 - First nationwide United States election January 21 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts January 23 - Georgetown College becomes the first... 1789, which authorized the collection of duties on imported goods. Four weeks later, on July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. Events 1009 - Pietro Boccapecora becomes Pope Sergius IV 1423 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on... July 31, the fifth act of Congress established the United States Customs Service and its ports of entry.

For over 100 years after its birth, the U.S. Customs Service was the primary source of funds for the entire government, and paid for the nation's early growth and infrastructure. Purchases include the Louisiana is a southern state of the United States of America. It uses the U.S. postal abbreviation LA. The state is bordered to the west by the state of Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, and to the south by the... Louisiana and State nickname: Beaver State Other U.S. States Capital Salem Largest city Portland Governor Ted Kulongoski Official languages None Area 255,026 km² (9th)  - Land 248,849 km²  - Water 6,177 km² (2.4%) Population (2000)  - Population 3,421,399 (28th)  - Density 13.76... Oregon territories; State nickname: Everglade State, Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17.9%) Population (2000)  - Population 15,982,378 (4th)  - Density... Florida and State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13.77... Alaska; funding the -1... National Road and the A transcontinental railroad is a railway across a significant portion of a continent. Americas: Panama (then part of Colombia): Technically the first transcontinental railroad was the Panama Railway, completed in 1855, near the narrowest point on the continent. It is only 48 miles long. United States: The first true North... Transcontinental Railroad; builing many of the nation's The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. More primitive navigational aids were once used such as... lighthouses; the The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. Title 14, United States Code, Section 1... U.S. Military and The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... Naval academies, and Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Washington D.C.

With the passage of the Homeland Security Act, the US Customs Service passed from under jurisdiction of the The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. Overview It is administered by the United States Secretary of the Treasury and... Treasury Department to the The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. This department was created primarily from a conglomeration of existing federal agencies in response to the... Department of Homeland Security.

On March 1, 2003, the U.S. Customs Service, along with the inspection arm of The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice which used to handle legal and illegal immigration and naturalization; now known as INS (Legacy). Most of its functions were transferred to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) under the Department of... Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Categories: Stub | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security | U.S. immigration history | United States Federal law enforcement agencies ... Border Patrol combined to form the current A CBP unmanned aerial vehicle. Commissioner Robert Bonner U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States. CBP also is responsible for apprehending individuals attempting to enter the United States... U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Federal Protective Service is a title used in a number of countries In the United States the FPS is responsible for the security of Federal buildings. See Federal Protective Service (USA) In the Russian Federation the FPS was formerly part of KGB and is now an independent organization. See Federal... Federal Protective Service (FPS), the The Federal Air Marshal Service is a U.S. federal agency. It was founded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to combat the rash of hijackings occurring during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The original air marshals were United States Marshals and later were specially trained FAA personnel. Their... Federal Air Marshals, along with the investigative arms from both the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service combined to form the current Pilatus PC-12 aircraft of the ICE The United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nations border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security. ICE, which... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Examples of illegal items

• This page is about the tobacco product; for other meanings of Cigar, see Cigar (disambiguation). Corona cigar A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than... Cuban Cigars, e.g. ALL Cuban products w/o a specific license for their importation
• Illicit Many drugs are provided in tablet form. A drug is any substance that can be used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process or processes in the body. The word drug is etymologically derived from the Dutch/Low German word droog, which means dry, since... Drugs
• Unscreened In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and orange. However, a great many... Fruits and Meat is animal flesh (mainly muscle tissue) used as food, sometimes with the exception of fish, other seafood, and poultry. Originally, the word meat meant simply food. It is also used as a vulgar way to refer to the human body (see meat market). For the most part, meat for... Meats
• Excessive quantities of This article is about the type of fabric. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes, and also the property that nudity is not allowed, e.g. in textile beach, textile campsite, etc. A textile is any kind of woven... textiles
• Undeclared liquor over allowable limits
• Tobacco products over allowable limits
• Undeclared monies or monetary instruments over $10,000

External links

United States Customs & Border Protection (http://www.cbp.gov/)