Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 19 : Section 68


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 68. Enforcement of customs and immigration laws in Guam and the Virgin Islands and along Canadian and Mexican borders; cooperation by Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General; erection of buildings

      To aid in the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws
    along the Canadian and Mexican borders and to provide better
    facilities for such enforcement at points along such borders at
    which no Federal or other buildings adapted or suitably located for
    the purpose are available, and for similar purposes in the Virgin
    Islands of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury and the
    Attorney General are hereby authorized to expend, and for similar
    purposes in Guam the Attorney General is hereby authorized to
    expend, from the funds appropriated for the general maintenance and
    operation of the Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization
    Services, respectively, the necessary amounts for the acquisition
    of land and the erection of buildings, sheds, and office quarters,
    including living quarters for officers where none are otherwise
    available: Provided, That the total amount which may be so expended
    for any one project, including the site, shall not exceed $200,000
    and that where the project is for the joint use of the Customs
    Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the
    combined cost of the project, including the site, shall be charged
    to the two appropriations concerned.



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