                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                       CHAPTER 10--CUSTOMS SERVICE
 
Sec. 2072. Officers and employees


(a) Appointment by Secretary of the Treasury

    The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint, in the 
service established by section 2071 of this title, one assistant 
commissioner, three deputy commissioners, one chief clerk, and such 
attorneys and other officers and employees as he may deem necessary. One 
of the deputy commissioners of the United States Customs Service shall 
have charge of investigations. Appointments under this subsection shall 
be subject to the provisions of the civil service laws, and the salaries 
shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5.

(b) Absence or disability of Commissioner

    The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to designate an officer 
of the United States Customs Service to act as Commissioner of Customs, 
during the absence or disability of the Commissioner of Customs, or in 
the event that there is no Commissioner of Customs.

(c) Duties of personnel

    The personnel of the United States Customs Service shall perform 
such duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 348, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 1381; May 27, 1930, ch. 342, 
Sec. 8, 46 Stat. 430; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 650, 46 
Stat. 762; Ex. Ord. No. 6639, Sec. 1a, Mar. 10, 1934; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 
782, title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, 
Sec. 9, 68 Stat. 1228.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 281a of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, 
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
    ``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5'' were 
substituted for ``the Classification Act of 1949, as amended'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the 
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.


                               Amendments

    1954--Subsec. (c). Act Sept. 3, 1954, struck out references to the 
National Prohibition Act.
    1949--Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification 
Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.

                         Change of Name

    Bureau of Prohibition and Commissioner of Prohibition redesignated 
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol and Commissioner of Industrial Alcohol, 
respectively, by act May 27, 1930.
    ``United States Customs Service'' substituted for ``Bureau of 
Customs'' pursuant to Treasury Department Order 165-23, Apr. 4, 1973, 
eff. Aug. 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 13037. See, also, section 308 of Title 31, 
Money and Finance.


                                 Repeals

    Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was 
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury and 
functions of all agencies and employees of such Department transferred, 
with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested 
in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his 
functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. 
Plan No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 
Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.
    Bureau of Industrial Alcohol and office of Commissioner of 
Industrial Alcohol abolished and Commissioner's functions transferred to 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue by Ex. Ord. No. 6639.


                     Deputy Commissioner of Customs

    Act June 17, 1930, authorized the appointment of an additional 
deputy commissioner in the Bureau of Customs [now the United States 
Customs Service] in addition to the two deputy commissioners then 
authorized by law.
