Updated GIF on Surety Access to Carrier Bond Authorization Table in ACE M1

For more than a decade, custodial entities that use the deployed CBP Automated Manifest System (AMS) have called for additional system validations to ensure that their CBP301 Activity code 2 bonded carrier bonds were not improperly invoked on CF-7512 Transportation Manifests or via the electronic equivalent in AMS and ABI "QP". The bonded carrier in whose name the CBP301 is issued remains liable for the safe and timely delivery of the bonded cargo. The new custodial bond validation routine in M1 will provide an additional firewall to ensure that only the entities known to and approved by the bond holder are using the custodial bond of the bond holder. In M1, the bonded carrier will maintain a reference table in ACE of third party users authorized to obligate his bond. CBP will allow any third party users to obligate his bond if the authorization table is empty. If the bonded carrier identifies authority for third party users, CBP will not allow any other company to use the bond. The bond owner will be able to place an expiration date on the port authorization record to terminate the specific authorization on a specific date. The surety should have the ability to view the reference table in ACE for Activity Code 2 bonds which the surety underwrites.