Puerto Rico Trust Fund

What this funds

Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War and is within the customs, agriculture, and immigration territories of the United States. Congress required the former U.S. Customs Service to collect customs duties on behalf of Puerto Rico, and this responsibility transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon its creation. Authority: 48 U.S.C. 740 authorizes the collection of duties and taxes in Puerto Rico and requires the U.S. Government to use such revenues to cover the costs of collecting duties and taxes. Collections, less the costs of collecting duties, taxes, and drawbacks, are transferred to Puerto Rico's Treasury (also known as Hacienda). The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Commonwealth) may establish other taxes and fees applicable to goods imported into the territory that CBP may collect on behalf of the Government of Puerto Rico. The U.S. International Trade Commission maintains and publishes the Harmonized Tariffs Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)pursuant to the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Pub. Law 100-418); however, CBP and the Department of Homeland Security are responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTSUS. Trust Fund Uses: CBP administers the Puerto Rico Trust Fund on behalf of the Commonwealth and retains a portion of the funds to pay for its expenses associated with the collection of duties and taxes in Puerto Rico. CBP also executes a transfer of funds from the Puerto Rico Trust Fund to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for enforcement duties it performs in Puerto Rico. The reimbursement from the Puerto Rico Trust Fund to ICE is based on biennial agreements, which ICE negotiates with the Government of Puerto Rico. In addition, CBP's Air and Marine Operations (AMO) has a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth to fund marine operations with revenues. AMO's functions are integral to deter illegal marine activities and secure customs revenue collection. The transfer of funds to ICE and the support to AMO's marine operations is subject to the availability of funds in the Puerto Rico Trust Fund.

Extracted from Customs and Border Protection, p. 9. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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474 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

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Confidence mix · 474 medium

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