The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) held a quarterly meeting on June 18, 2004 in Washington, DC to discuss and receive updates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on various trade and customs issues.
| Markup of proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 | 06/22/04 | Subcommittee on Defense; Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| Markup of proposed legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 | 06/22/04 | Senate Committee on Appropriations |
| Aviation security | 06/22/04 | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Security screening options for airports | 06/24/04 | Subcommittee on Aviation; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Weapons of mass destruction smuggling networks and U.S. programs and initiatives, such as the Proliferation Security Initiative, to counter these proliferation threats | 06/23/04 | Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security; Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs |
| "Travel, Tourism, and Homeland Security: Improving Both without Sacrificing Either" | 06/23/04 | Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection; House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| "LNG Import Terminal and Deepwater Port Siting: Federal and State Roles" | 06/22/04 | Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs; House Committee on Government Reform |
| U.S. Policy Toward South Asia | 06/22/04 | Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; House Committee on International Relations |
| Recent Developments in Hong Kong | 06/23/04 | Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; House Committee on International Relations |
| "Information Sharing After September 11: Perspectives on the Future" | 06/24/04 | House Select Committee on Homeland Security |
The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) held a quarterly meeting on June 18, 2004 in Washington, DC to discuss and receive updates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on various trade and customs issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message stating that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (OASIS) would be down for maintenance from 12:00 p.m. EDT to 2:00 p.m. EDT (1200-1400 EDT) on Sunday, June 20, 2004. CBP states that ABI transmissions received by FDA during that time would be queued and processed once the maintenance was completed.
| Eff 06/21/04 FR Pub 06/18/04 On June 17, 2004, the House Ways and Means Committee's Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on the budget authorizations for fiscal year (FY) 2005 and FY2006 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as on other Customs issues. At this hearing, the subcommittee was addressed by two witnesses and six panelists. The Senate Finance Committee has issued a press release stating that S. 2529, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004, was introduced in the Senate on June 16, 2004. According to the press release S. 2529 is a companion measure to, and identical to, H.R. 4103 which was passed by the House on June 14, 2004. (This legislation is often referred to as AGOA III. Senate Finance Committee release, dated 06/16/04), available at http://www.senate.gov/finance/press/Gpress/2004/prg061604a.pdf ) (See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/29/04 news, 04012940 for BP summary of the preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on subject merchandise from China.) * For China, the ITA has previously stated that these rates apply only when the individually named companies are both the exporter and producer (exporter/producer) of subject merchandise. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice stating that the Government of South Korea has requested the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel (DSP) regarding the U.S. countervailing (CV) duty investigation on dynamic random access memory semiconductors (DRAMS) from South Korea. |