Because the reduced budget for the Customs Service will necessarily put pressure on services provided to the traveling public. H.R. 2540 provides for 6month tests of new systems of facilitating passenger processing at at least two major international airports. These tests would be determined and carried out by three agencies: Customs. Agricultures Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). There has been some concern that speededup processing would mean the entrance of plant or animal pests and diseases. The bill provides for the active participation of the Department of Agriculture in the processing tests and in any resulting new systems.
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