Management of Customs Ports of Entry and Customs Stations

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2023-25280
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: November 16, 2023
• Effective: November 16, 2023
• Agency: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Official abstract

In this final rule, the Department of Homeland Security clarifies that the Secretary of Homeland Security has the authority to establish, rearrange or consolidate, and discontinue Customs ports of entry and Customs stations and revises the Customs and Border Protection regulations to reflect this clarification.

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