The House of Representatives voted against proceeding to consider an appropriations bill that covers Commerce, Justice and Science related agencies, by a vote of 198-223.
CBP will be deploying a new capability in ACE that will “automate the enforcement” of Section 321 requirements for low value shipments, the agency said in an updated ACE deployment schedule released Nov. 14.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is withdrawing a proposed expansion of its Seafood Import Monitoring Program to cover additional species, and will instead conduct a “comprehensive” review of SIMP to consider the overall direction of the program, it said in a notice released Nov. 14.
New Hampshire legislators addressed the state DOJ’s concerns about not having enough resources to enforce a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill, a department spokesperson said Wednesday. The state legislature’s House Judiciary Committee voted 17-3 that day to amend and advance SB-255 to the floor. With the changes, "uniformly, everyone is a little unhappy, and so I consider that a success,” state Rep. Marjorie Smith (D) told the committee at a livestreamed meeting Wednesday.
NEW YORK -- Importers' service providers said CBP's inconsistency and lack of communication about why supply chain documentation was not enough -- or even was enough -- to prove that there was no connection to Xinjiang are the biggest headaches of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
The FDA will delay cosmetics registration and listing requirements that had been set to take effect at the end of the year until July 1, 2024, the agency said in a guidance document issued Nov. 8. The delay comes in response to industry concerns that more time is needed to “gather the relevant information required for facility registration and product listing,” access the relevant databases and submit that information to FDA.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The Federal Maritime Commission must eliminate the "perverse incentive" for ocean carriers and marine terminal operators to allow congestion as a way to make more money, FMC Chair Dan Maffei said, speaking Oct. 27 at the Pacific Coast Council's Western Cargo Conference, or Wesccon.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The Federal Maritime Commission must eliminate the "perverse incentive" for ocean carriers and marine terminal operators to allow congestion as a way to make more money, FMC Chair Dan Maffei said, speaking Oct. 27 at the Pacific Coast Council's Western Cargo Conference, or Wesccon.
The Census Bureau is looking to eliminate one of two fields in the Automated Export System that collect redundant information on an export’s state of origin, said Omari Wooden, a Census official. Wooden, speaking Oct. 28 during the Pacific Coast Council's Western Cargo Conference, or Wesccon, said Census is hoping to either remove the state of origin data element in AES or not require the state to be reported in the address of the U.S. Principal Party in Interest.