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Customs Service: Passenger User Fee Needs to Be Reevaluated

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 22, 1995
Report No. GGD-95-138
Subject
Summary:

The U.S. Customs Service is authorized to charge user fees for processing passengers and conveyances, such as commercial vessels and vehicles, entering the United States. The fee for processing international air and sea passenger arrivals in the United States, called the passenger user fee, is set at $6.50 per passenger. This report (1) determines whether carriers have collected and remitted the fee; (2) assesses any factors that may hamper the collection of this fee, including statutory restrictions, internal control weaknesses, and audit limitations; and (3) identifies options to improve the collection and remittance of the fee.

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