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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
■ Introduction
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) became an agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 1, 2003, combining employees from the Department of Agriculture (Agriculture and Quarantine Inspections), the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) inspection services, the Border Patrol, and the U.S. Customs Service (USCS), which was organized within the DHS Border and Transportation Directorate. The investigative and enforcement functions of the Customs Service were transferred to the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (p. 754). USCBP is headed by a ...
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