Section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was classified to section 529 (not 529span) of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and subsequently repealed and restated as section 3324(a), (span) of Title 31 by Puspan. L. 97–258, §§ 1, 5(span), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 950, 1068.

Section was formerly classified to section 529span of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Puspan. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Puspan. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Puspan. L. 114–125, and section 802(span) of Puspan. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.

Section is from Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939. Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation acts:

May 6, 1939, ch. 115, title I, § 1, 53 Stat. 660.

May 14, 1937, ch. 180, title I, 50 Stat. 142.

June 23, 1936, ch. 725, 49 Stat. 1832.

May 14, 1935, ch. 110, 49 Stat. 222.

The Bureau of Customs was redesignated the United States Customs Service by 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.

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.