                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
       Part I--Definitions and National Customs Automation Program
 
             subpart b--national customs automation program
 
Sec. 1413. Implementation and evaluation of Program


(a) Overall Program plan

                           (1) In general

        Before the 180th day after December 8, 1993, the Secretary shall 
    develop and transmit to the Committees an overall plan for the 
    Program. The overall Program plan shall set forth--
            (A) a general description of the ultimate configuration of 
        the Program;
            (B) a description of each of the existing components of the 
        Program listed in section 1411(a)(1) of this title; and
            (C) estimates regarding the stages on which planned 
        components of the Program listed in section 1411(a)(2) of this 
        title will be brought on-line.

                     (2) Additional information

        In addition to the information required under paragraph (1), the 
    overall Program plan shall include a statement regarding--
            (A) the extent to which the existing components of the 
        Program currently meet, and the planned components will meet, 
        the Program goals set forth in section 1412 of this title; and
            (B) the effects that the existing components are currently 
        having, and the effects that the planned components will likely 
        have, on--
                (i) importers, brokers, and other users of the Program, 
            and
                (ii) Customs Service occupations, operations, processes, 
            and systems.

(b) Implementation plan, testing, and evaluation

                       (1) Implementation plan

        For each of the planned components of the Program listed in 
    section 1411(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall--
            (A) develop an implementation plan;
            (B) test the component in order to assess its viability;
            (C) evaluate the component in order to assess its 
        contribution toward achieving the program goals; and
            (D) transmit to the Committees the implementation plan, the 
        testing results, and an evaluation report.

    In developing an implementation plan under subparagraph (A) and 
    evaluating components under subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall 
    publish a request for comments in the Customs Bulletin and shall 
    consult with the trade community, including importers, brokers, 
    shippers, and other affected parties.

                         (2) Implementation

        (A) The Secretary may implement on a permanent basis any Program 
    component referred to in paragraph (1) on or after the date which is 
    30 days after paragraph (1)(D) is complied with.
        (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 30 days shall be 
    computed by excluding--
            (i) the days either House is not in session because of an 
        adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain or an 
        adjournment of the Congress sine die, and
            (ii) any Saturday and Sunday, not excluded under clause (i), 
        when either House is not in session.

                      (3) Evaluation and report

        The Secretary shall--
            (A) develop a user satisfaction survey of parties 
        participating in the Program;
            (B) evaluate the results of the user satisfaction survey on 
        a biennial basis (fiscal years) and transmit a report to the 
        Committees on the evaluation by no later than the 90th day after 
        the close of each 2d fiscal year;
            (C) with respect to the existing Program component listed in 
        section 1411(a)(1)(G) of this title transmit to the Committees--
                (i) a written evaluation of such component before the 
            180th day after December 8, 1993, and before the 
            implementation of the planned Program components listed in 
            section 1411(a)(2)(B) and (C) of this title, and
                (ii) a report on such component for each of the 3 full 
            fiscal years occurring after December 8, 1993, which report 
            shall be transmitted not later than the 90th day after the 
            close of each such year; and

            (D) not later than the 90th day after the close of fiscal 
        year 1994, and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2000, 
        transmit to the Committees a written evaluation with respect to 
        the implementation and effect on users of each of the planned 
        Program components listed in section 1411(a)(2) of this title.

    In carrying out the provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary 
    shall publish requests for comments in the Customs Bulletin and 
    shall consult with the trade community, including importers, 
    brokers, shippers, and other affected parties.

(c) Committees

    For purposes of this section, the term ``Committees'' means the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 413, as added Pub. L. 103-182, 
title VI, Sec. 631(2), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2189; amended Pub. L. 
104-295, Sec. 21(e)(15), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3531.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-295 made technical amendment to 
reference in original act which appears in text as reference to December 
8, 1993.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1641 of this title.
