4. W 36C 96 CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION ACT AND SECTION 592 S4-2 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 9220 A BILL TO MODERNIZE AND SIMPLIFY CUSTOMS PROCE- AND SECTION 592, THE SO-CALLED PENALTY AND FRAUD PROVI- AUGUST 3, 4, 5, AND 6, 1976 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means 76-648 CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION ACT AND SECTION 592 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 9220 A BILL TO MODERNIZE AND SIMPLIFY CUSTOMS PROCE- AND SECTION 592, THE SO-CALLED PENALTY AND FRAUD PROVI- AUGUST 3, 4, 5, AND 6, 1976 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AL ULLMAN, Oregon. Chairman WILBUR D. MILLS, Arkansas OMAR BURLESON, Texas JAMES C. CORMAN, California WILLIAM J. GREEN, Pennsylvania SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida JOE D. WAGGONNER, JR., Louisiana OTIS G. PIKE, New York RICHARD F. VANDER VEEN, Michigan J. J. PICKLE, Texas HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma ANDY JACOBS, JR., Indiana HERMAN T. SCHNEEBELI, Pennsylvania JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee BILL ARCHER, Texas GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan CONTENTS Press releases announcing hearings on H.R. 9220, the Customs Moderniza- tion Act, and on section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930__. Executive communication 993, transmitting a draft of proposed legisla- WITNESSES Department of the Treasury: David R. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Operations, and Tariff Affairs__ U.S. Customs Service: Vernon D. Acree, Commissioner; Thaddeus Rojek, Acting Chief Counsel; Leonard Lehman, Assistant Commissioner for Regulations and Rulings; Glenn R. Dickerson, Deputy Commissioner; John B. O'Loughlin, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Operations; Robert F. Gaber, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Investigations; and Allan Rappoport, Director, Automated Merchandise Processing Department of Commerce: Arthur Garel, Director, Office of Textiles, Bureau of Resources and Trade Analysis, Domestic and International Adduci, V. J., Electronic Industries Association.. Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, Howard D. Samuel and Page 274 372 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American International Hardwood Co., B. John Prinzi and Keister Evans.. 459 349 Baylis, Arthur E., National Committee on International Trade Documen- Begnal, George F., Jr., National Committee on International Trade Docu- mentation. 360 Colgan, Dennis J., National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, and Philadelphia Freight Brokers, Forwarders & Custom Commission on Federal Paperwork: Hon. Tom Steed, a Representative in Congress from the State of Okla- 177 |