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The United States Customs Service (USCS) was the portion of the US Federal Government dedicated to keeping illegal products outside of US borders. It also regulated what could leave the United States and was partially responsible for who could enter the United States.
Commissioner
Robert C. Bonner was the 17th Commissioner of U.S. Customs and is now the first Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and has served since 2001. The previous 16 Commissioners of Customs, their dates of service, and which president appointed them, in decending order.
Raymond W. Kelly, 1998-2001, William J. Clinton
George J. Weise, 1993-1997, William J.Clinton
Carol B. Hallett, 1989-1993, George Bush
William Von Raab, 1981-1989, Ronald W. Reagan
Robert E. Chasen, 1977-1980, Jimmy Carter
Vernon Darrell Acree, 1972-1977, Gerald R. Ford, Richard W. Nixon
Myles Joseph Ambrose, 1969-1972, Richard W. Nixon
Lester D. Johnson, 1965-1969, Lyndon B. Johnson
Philip Nichols, Jr., 1961-1964, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy
Ralph Kelly, 1954-1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frank Dow, 1949-1953 Acting, 1947-1949, Harry S. Truman
William Roy Johnson, 1940-1947, Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Basil Harris, 1939-1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Henry Moyle, 1933-1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Xavier A. Eble, 1929-1933, Herbert Hoover
Ernest W. Camp, 1927-1929, Calvin Coolidge
History of the United States Customs Service
With the passage of the Homeland Security Act, the US Customs Service passed from under jurisdiction of the Treasury Department to the Department of Homeland Security.
On March 1, 2003, the U.S. Customs Service, the Border Patrol, the Federal Protective Service, the Federal Air Marshals and the Immigration and Naturalization Service combined to form the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E), respectively.
Examples of illegal items
External links
United States Customs & Border Protection (http://www.cbp.gov/)
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