Mr. Speaker. I would like to address the section of the bill which deals with the consideration of the consolidation of border inspection activities between the Customs Service. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Although the committee praised the administration for proposing such a consolidation of passenger clearance in order to strengthen law enforcement and provide cost efficiency and budgetary savings. the committee should carefully monitor such a move. This is more than a steamlining of the primary inspection functions of the Federal Government. While the committee reasserts its commitment to the jurisdiction of the Customs Service in the area of inspection and clearance of commercial importations at all ports. it should be wary of any administration attempts which could be construed as simple consolidations but in actuality are attempts to reorganize the Government in a way to merge the Customs Service with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. two very different agencies. with two very different functions and missions.e
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