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B-197541 1 (1980-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadibp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION -I FILE: B-197541 DATE: March 10, 1980 MATTER OF: Customs Service 6Rimbursement for Additional Personnel at Miami International Airporj DIGEST: While there are delays in clearing Customs at Miami International Airport, there is no authority for Customs Service to accept funds from airport, air- lines, or Dade County, Florida, to hire andcompen- sate additional pe'rsonnel for inspectional services during regular. business hours. In absence of clear congressional mandate to contrary, monies for administering regular Customs services must come from Customs appropriations. Reimburlkement from outside sources for services on behalf of general public would constitute augmentation of Customs appropriations. This decision is rendered at the que dated January 18, 1980, of the Honorable Lawton Chiles, airman, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Governme ., Senate Committee 'qn Appropriations. The issue is whether current law permits th ' ustoms Service to use funds received from outside sources to provide for additional Customs inspectors to perform clearance functions during regular business hours Our decision is that such funds may not be used for that purposre. The request states that problems how existed for a number Y of years at the Miami International Airport with regard to long delays in clearing international passengers through the Immi- gration and Customs area. An alternative that has been sug- gested by the Miami Air u . as well as business and ) community leaders in'Dade County, lorida,*is that the airport or airlines reimburse the Treasury in order to permit Customs to hire additional staff;In this connection the Chief Counsel, United States Customs Service, has expressed the view that Customs may not accept reimbursement from Dade County for additional personnel beginning in April when phase 1 of a new Customs facility is opened until the second and final phase of the facility is completed. However, other authorities have stated such reimbursement is legal. Title V of he Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952, 31 U.S. C. § 48f3a, as enacted to allow Federal agencies to '1 o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . * OF THE UN ITE D BTATE S 0'*.WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 4ITEV N 0 OA v4l

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