Treasury Issues Its Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda for CBP
The Treasury Department has published its spring 2010 semi-annual regulatory agenda for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(The Department of Homeland Security has also issued its semi-annual regulatory agenda for CBP. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/27/10 news, (Ref: 10042730), for BP summary of DHS' agenda.)
This agenda is a comprehensive list of Treasury's CBP rulemakings (i.e. those regulations that pertain to 19 CFR) that are pending at the proposed, interim final, final, and completed stages, as well as rulemakings that are long-term actions. The agenda lists the regulation title; past regulation(s), if any; the timeframe for the next regulatory action(s), if any; a brief description of the regulation; and a contact party name and telephone number.
Spring Agenda Includes New Rulemaking on Courtesy Liq Notices, Etc.
Treasury’s spring 2010 agenda for CBP includes two new rulemakings: "Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Material from El Salvador" and "Courtesy Notice of Liquidation".
Agenda Highlights
Highlights of Treasury's CBP rulemakings that are at the proposed, interim final/final, or completed stages, or that are long term actions, are as follows:
| Proposed Rule Stage |
|---|
| Regulation Title |
| - Expanded Methods of Payment of Duties, Taxes, Interest, and Fees |
| - Revision of Outbound Redelivery Procedures and Liabilities |
| - Administrative Rulings and Protests |
| - Prior Disclosure and Lost Duty or Revenue Demands When Penalty Claim Not Issued |
| - Definition of a Commercial Truck |
| - Customs Broker Recordkeeping Requirements Regarding Location and Method of Record Retention |
| - Courtesy Notice of Liquidation |
| Interim Rule/Final Rule Stage |
| Regulation Title |
| - Country-of-Origin Marking |
| - User and Navigation Fees; Other Reimbursable Charges |
| - African Growth and Opportunity Act and Generalized System of Preferences |
| - U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and Caribbean Basin Initiative |
| - Dog and Car Protection Act |
| - Trade Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| - Trade Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act |
| - U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement |
| - Uniform Rules of Origin of Imported Merchandise |
| - CBP’s Bond Program |
| - Country of Origin of Textile and Apparel Products |
| - U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement |
| - Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement |
| - Entry Requirements for Certain Softwood Lumber Products Exported From Any Country Into the U.S. |
| - Use of Sampling Methods and Offsetting of Overpayments and Over-Declarations in CBP Audit Procedures; Sampling Under Prior Disclosure |
| Long Term Actions |
| Regulation Title |
| - Harbor Maintenance Fee |
| - Donated Cargo Exemption from Harbor Maintenance Fee |
| - Reconciliation |
| - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -- Implementation of Duty-Deferral Program Provisions |
| - Recordation of Copyrights and Enforcement Procedures to Prevent Importation of Piratical Articles |
| - First Sale Declaration Requirement |
| Completed Actions |
| Regulation Title |
| - Remote Location Filing |
| - Names Changes of Two DHS Component Agencies |
| - Class 9 Bonded Warehouse Procedures |
| - Electronic Payment and Refund of Quarterly Harbor Maintenance Fees |
| - Prohibitions and Conditions for Importation of Burmese and Non-Burmese Covered Articles of Jadeite, Rubies, and Articles of Jewelry Containing Jadeite or Rubies |
| - Imported Directly Requirement Under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement |
| - Drawback of Internal Revenue Excise Tax |
| - Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Material From El Salvador |
(See ITT's Online Archives or 04/26/10 news, (Ref: 10042620), for BP summary on the availability of CBP and other Federal agency semi-annual regulatory agendas.)
Treasury's Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda available at www.reginfo.gov, by selecting Treasury as the agency.