                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
              CHAPTER 3--THE TARIFF AND RELATED PROVISIONS
 
                   SUBTITLE IV--CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
 
                        Administrative Provisions
 
       part 2--report, entry, and unlading of vessels and vehicles
 
Sec. 267a. Foreign language proficiency awards

    Cash awards for foreign language proficiency may, under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to customs officers 
(as referred to in section 267(e)(1) of this title) to the same extent 
and in the same manner as would be allowable under subchapter III of 
chapter 45 of title 5 with respect to law enforcement officers (as 
defined by section 4521 of such title).

(Pub. L. 103-66, title XIII, Sec. 13812(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 
671.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 13812(c)(2) of Pub. L. 103-66 provided that: ``Subsection 
(b) [enacting this section] takes effect on January 1, 1994.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 58c of this title.
