Division of Customs and Insular Affairs (later reorganized as a bureau)

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government agency office of the United States War Department

The Division of Customs and Insular Affairs was an early U.S. War Department office responsible for administering customs and overseeing newly acquired overseas territories before its reorganization as the Bureau of Insular Affairs.

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Label	Occurrences
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs (later reorganized as a bureau) canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ office of the United States War Department ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States overseas territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
classification	historical U.S. federal agency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	colonial administration ⓘ customs administration ⓘ public administration ⓘ territorial administration ⓘ
followedBy	Bureau of Insular Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranch	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain	customs policy in U.S. territories ⓘ insular affairs ⓘ
hasResponsibility	administering customs in newly acquired U.S. territories ⓘ coordinating governance of insular possessions ⓘ implementing U.S. War Department policies in insular territories ⓘ overseeing civil affairs in newly acquired U.S. overseas territories ⓘ supervising customs revenues in insular areas ⓘ
hasScope	insular possessions of the United States ⓘ newly acquired overseas territories of the United States ⓘ
historicalRole	early administrative body for U.S. overseas possessions ⓘ predecessor office to the Bureau of Insular Affairs ⓘ
industry	public sector ⓘ
isGovernmentBranchOf	executive branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	customs and insular affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army (through the War Department) NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw	civil administration aspects of insular territories ⓘ customs systems in newly acquired territories ⓘ implementation of U.S. law in insular possessions ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ War Department staff structure ⓘ
preceded	more formal Bureau of Insular Affairs structure ⓘ
reasonForReorganization	expansion and formalization of U.S. insular administration ⓘ
reorganizedAs	Bureau of Insular Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeAlso	Bureau of Insular Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ United States insular areas NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct government agency ⓘ
typeOfJurisdictionManaged	insular territories ⓘ overseas territories ⓘ

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U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs → foundedAs → Division of Customs and Insular Affairs (later reorganized as a bureau) ⓘ