CBP Briefing Congress on Importer ID Broker Report Required by Customs Reauthorization
CBP recently began briefing lawmakers on the agency's report on how it can improve importer verifications through customs brokers, a congressional staffer said. The report will lay out how best to require foreign nationals to give customs brokers accurate information…
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and allow for brokers to review information held by the government in order to verify an importer, as required under the customs reauthorization law. CBP was required to study and submit a report to Congress on those issues by Aug. 22 (see 1602170074). CBP briefed the House Ways and Means Committee in person on the report, and the Senate Finance Committee anticipates CBP will provide more details soon, congressional staffers said. “It is delayed,” a Senate Finance minority spokesperson said. “We expect an update from CBP soon.” A Ways and Means majority spokesperson also said her committee hasn’t received the report, and referred questions to CBP, which didn’t comment. The law requires that regulations eventually provide "minimum standards for customs brokers and importers, including nonresident importers, regarding the identity of the importer that shall apply in connection with the importation of merchandise." The law doesn't specify timing for such regulations. Senate Finance Committee majority didn't comment.