Sec. 5. Customs fees
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(6)of section 13031(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( 19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(6) ) is amended to read as follows: For the arrival of shipments of merchandise (as the term is defined in section 498(c) of the Trade Act of 1930) or any other item that is valued at $2,000 or less (or such higher amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may set by regulation pursuant to section 498 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1498 ) and subject to adjustment under subsection (l)) arriving at an international mail facility: $1 per individual airway bill or bill of lading (subject to adjustment under subsection (l)); or if such merchandise is formally entered, the fee provided for in paragraph (9), if applicable. Notwithstanding section 451 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1451 ), the payment required by subparagraph
(A)shall be the only payment required for reimbursement of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in connection with the processing of an individual airway bill or bill of lading in accordance with such subparagraph and for providing services at international mail facilities, except that U.S. Customs and Border Protection may require such facilities to cover expenses of the agency for adequate office space, equipment, furnishings, supplies, and security. The payment required by subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)shall be paid on a quarterly basis by the Postmaster General in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The payments shall be allocated as follows: 50 percent of the amount of payments received in this paragraph shall, in accordance with section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1524 ), be deposited in the Customs User Fee Account and shall be used to directly reimburse each appropriation for the amount paid out of that appropriation for the costs incurred in providing services to international mail facilities. Amounts deposited in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be available until expended for the provision of customs services to international mail facilities. Notwithstanding section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1524 ), 50 percent of the amount of payments received under this paragraph shall be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury, which is in lieu of the payment of fees under paragraph (10). . Paragraph
(10)of section 13031(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( 19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(10) ) is amended— by striking or in subparagraph (B); by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C)(iii) and inserting a comma and or ; by inserting after subparagraph (C)(iii) the following: an international mail facility. ; and in the undesignated material at the end by striking the period and inserting or referred to in subparagraph
(D)see paragraph (6). .
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