CONTENTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1987

ADMINISTRATIVE WITNESSES

von Raab, Hon. William, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Washington,

DC, accompanied by C. Wayne Hamilton, Acting Comptroller, Samuel H.

Banks, Assistant Commissioner (Inspection and Control)..............

Mendelowitz, Allan, Senior Associate Director, U.S. General Accounting

Office, Washington, DC, accompanied by Lamont J. Kincaid, Senior Project

Manager, GAO; Joseph Natalicchio, Senior Project Manager, GAO; James

Burow, Senior Project Manager, GAO......

PUBLIC WITNESSES

Bustamante, Hon. Albert G., U.S. Representative from the State of Texas.........

Coleman, Hon. Ronald D., U.S. Representative from the State of Texas.....

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1987

PUBLIC WITNESSES

Tobias, Robert M., National President, National Treasury Employees Union,

Washington, DC.....

Lamar, Harry, Secretariat, Joint Industry Group, Washington, DC..............

Kent, J.H., Washington Representative, National Customs Brokers and For-

warders Association of America, Inc., Washington, DC.......

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Landry, James E., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Air Transport

Association of America, Washington, DC............

189

Chenoweth, James, Chairman, Customs Liaison Task Force, American Iron

and Steel Institute; and Manager of Market Research and Product Develop-

ment, Lone Star Steel Co., Dallas, TX......

205

Williams, James R., President, National Retail Merchants Association, New

York, NY.............

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Rose, David, Trade Relations Manager, Customs Licensing Intel Corp.; on

behalf of the American Electronics Association, Santa Clara, CA...........

Chiles, Hon. Lawton, U.S. Senator from the State of Florida..........

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Statement on behalf of the Textile and Apparel Group of the Ameri-

can Association of Exporters and Importers

157

Letter from American Electronics Association to the U.S. Customs
Service......

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COMMUNICATIONS

Testimony of Airport Operators Council International......

258

Letters to Senator Bentsen, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance from:
Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association
International Air Transport Association........
West Gulf Maritime Association ..........

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Letters to William J. Wilkins, Staff Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate
Committee on Finance from:

Intersteel Inc.......

279

Soller, Singer & Horn on behalf of JFK Airport Customs Brokers Association, Inc

280

Thompson, Hine and Flory on behalf of the Manufacturing Jewelers &
Silversmiths of America, Inc..

289

Customs Finds Many Violations Among Imported Products, news release from the U.S. Customs Service...............

291