                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
          CHAPTER 1--COLLECTION DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND OFFICERS
 
Sec. 68. Enforcement of customs and immigration laws in Guam and 
        the Virgin Islands and along Canadian and Mexican borders; 
        cooperation by Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General; 
        erection of buildings
        
    To aid in the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws along 
the Canadian and Mexican borders and to provide better facilities for 
such enforcement at points along such borders at which no Federal or 
other buildings adapted or suitably located for the purpose are 
available, and for similar purposes in the Virgin Islands of the United 
States, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General are 
hereby authorized to expend, and for similar purposes in Guam the 
Attorney General is hereby authorized to expend, from the funds 
appropriated for the general maintenance and operation of the Customs 
and the Immigration and Naturalization Services, respectively, the 
necessary amounts for the acquisition of land and the erection of 
buildings, sheds, and office quarters, including living quarters for 
officers where none are otherwise available: Provided, That the total 
amount which may be so expended for any one project, including the site, 
shall not exceed $200,000 and that where the project is for the joint 
use of the Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, the combined cost of the project, including the site, shall be 
charged to the two appropriations concerned.

(June 26, 1930, ch. 617, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 817; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 837, 
54 Stat. 1091; Sept. 26, 1951, ch. 414, 65 Stat. 336; May 18, 1956, ch. 
282, 70 Stat. 159; Pub. L. 86-466, May 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 
87-465, May 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 87; Pub. L. 89-87, July 24, 1965, 79 
Stat. 264; Pub. L. 93-396, Aug. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 794.)


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-396 substituted ``$200,000'' for ``$100,000''.
    1965--Pub. L. 89-87 extended to Guam and the Virgin Islands the 
authority of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to 
construct facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration 
laws.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-465 substituted ``$100,000'' for ``$40,000'' and 
``$80,000''.
    1960--Pub. L. 86-466 substituted ``$40,000'' and ``$80,000'' for 
``$30,000'' and ``$60,000'', respectively.
    1956--Act May 18, 1956, substituted ``$30,000'' and ``$60,000'' for 
``$15,000'' and ``$30,000'', respectively.
    1951--Act Sept. 26, 1951, substituted ``$15,000'' and ``$30,000'' 
for ``$5,000'' and ``$10,000'', respectively.
    1940--Act Oct. 10, 1940, substituted ``$5000'' and ``$10,000'' for 
``$3000'' and ``$6000'', respectively.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all other 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. Customs Service is under Department of the Treasury.
    Immigration and Naturalization Service of Department of Labor 
(including Office of Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization) and 
its functions were transferred to Department of Justice, to be 
administered under direction and supervision of Attorney General; and 
functions and powers of Secretary of Labor relating to administration of 
the Service and its functions or to administration of immigration and 
naturalization laws were transferred to Attorney General, by Reorg. Plan 
No. V of 1940, eff. June 15, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238, set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 40 section 613.
