mail facilities. Amounts deposited in accordance 
with the preceding sentence shall be available 
until expended for the provision of customs 
services to international mail facilities. 
‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding section 524 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1524), 50 per-
cent of the amount of payments received under 
this paragraph shall be paid to the Secretary of 
the Treasury, which is in lieu of the payment 
of fees under paragraph (10).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (10) of 
section 13031(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(10)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ in subparagraph (B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C)(iii) and inserting a comma and ‘‘or’’; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C)(iii) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) an international mail facility.’’; and 
(4) in the undesignated material at the end by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘or referred to in 
subparagraph (D) see paragraph (6).’’. 
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SEC. 6. MANDATORY ADVANCED ELECTRONIC INFORMA-
TION FOR POSTAL SHIPMENTS. 
Subparagraph (K) of section 343(a)(3) of the Trade 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 19 U.S.C. 2071 note) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(K) The Secretary shall require the Post-
master General to transmit or to ensure the 
transmission of the information required in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection for all shipments by the 
United States Postal Service which includes 
shipments that the United States Postal Service 
receives from foreign postal operators (ship-
ments from foreign postal operators may be 
transported by private carriers). All regulations 
issued pursuant to this provision are required 
to impose the same information requirements 
on the United States Postal Service and private 
carriers.’’. 
SEC. 7. MANIFEST PENALTIES APPLIED TO THE UNITED 
STATES POSTAL SERVICE. 
(a) PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ARRIVAL, 
REPORTING, ENTRY, AND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 436 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1436) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTIES ARISING FROM VIOLATIONS 
FOR POSTAL SHIPMENTS.—With respect to civil penalties 
provided for in subsections (b) and (d) above, the Post-
master General shall be liable for the penalty if the viola-
tion was caused by a foreign postal operator or the United 
States Postal Service.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES FOR FALSITY OR LACK OF MANI-
FEST.—Section 584 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1584) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) PERSON DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPON-
SIBLE SHALL INCLUDE THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.— 
For purposes of subsection (a), the Postmaster General 
may be the person directly or indirectly responsible for a 
discrepancy if the discrepancy is the result of— 
‘‘(1) an omission by a foreign postal operator or 
the United States Postal Service; or 
‘‘(2) false information regarding the shipment 
that was provided to the carrier by a foreign postal 
operator or the United States Postal Service.’’. 
SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON INTERNATIONAL POSTAL AR-
RANGEMENTS. 
(a) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that any provi-
sion in this Act is found to be in violation of obliga-
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tions of the United States under the Universal Post-
al Union, the Secretary of State shall negotiate to 
amend the relevant provisions of the agreement so 
that the United States is no longer in violation of 
the agreement. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to require or permit any 
delay in the implementation of this Act. 
(b) FUTURE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of State 
may not conclude any international postal arrangement 
pursuant to the authority set out in section 407 of title 
39, United States Code, that is inconsistent with this Act 
or any amendment made by this Act. 
SEC. 9. APPLICATION OF OTHER CUSTOMS LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion shall ensure that all merchandise, as that term is de-
fined in subsection (c) of section 498 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1498), imported to the United States 
through the mail shall be subject to the same import pro-
cedures, legal restrictions, and certifications as merchan-
dise imported by private carriers. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall issue regulations pursuant to this Act to ensure that 
merchandise imported through the mail is in accordance 
with Federal law. 
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SEC. 10. COST RECOUPMENT. 
The Postmaster General shall ensure that all costs 
associated with complying with this Act, as well as all pen-
alties assessed against the Postmaster General, are 
charged directly to foreign shippers, foreign postal opera-
tors, or United States ultimate consignees. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall become effec-
tive upon the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe all regulations required under this Act. 
Æ 
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