The office of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., started sharing a discussion draft of the Customs Modernization Act with the goal of avoiding unintended consequences for businesses that provide services to importers or that import. It's a bill that would strengthen CBP's hand in numerous areas. "We were working with CBP on the legislation and, then, this is now sending it to industry experts," Cassidy spokesperson Ty Bofferding said. That input will help shape the final bill, he said, and described this as the middle of the process. He could not predict whether a bill would be introduced in 2022.
The office of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., released a discussion draft of much-anticipated customs modernization legislation that CBP has been considering as part of its 21st Century Customs Framework, according to an email from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. The trade group said Cassidy is seeking input on the draft legislation, and provided a one-page fact sheet, draft legislation and a section-by-section discussion summary for review.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America remains supportive of CBP's efforts to impose new continuing education requirements for customs brokers (see 2109090030), but requested some changes from the proposed rule in recently submitted comments. The NCBFAA would like to see CBP include provisions for recognizing 30-minute trainings as the smallest unit of continuing education training credits (half credits) and for full credits to include time to allow for breaks. It also said it agreed with CBP's change to 36 hours of education every three years, from 40 hours.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, California -- Lawyers are seeing a rise in cases filed against customs brokers for failing to meet their fiduciary duties, said Cameron Roberts, a Roberts & Kehagiaras trade attorney. Many of the cases involve importers who allege their brokers didn’t correctly advise them about issues related to forced labor, Section 301 tariffs and certain agriculture imports, he said. “All of these issues are being put at the foot of the broker,” Roberts said, speaking during the Oct. 15 Western Cargo Conference.
RANCHO MIRAGE, California -- Lawyers are seeing a rise in cases filed against customs brokers for failing to meet their fiduciary duties, said Cameron Roberts, a Roberts & Kehagiaras trade attorney. Many of the cases involve importers who allege their brokers didn’t correctly advise them about issues related to forced labor, Section 301 tariffs and certain agriculture imports, he said. “All of these issues are being put at the foot of the broker,” Roberts said, speaking during the Oct. 15 Western Cargo Conference.
Nicole Bivens Collinson, who leads the lobbying arm of the Sandler Travis law firm, is the new legislative counsel for the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the firm said. Collinson will take over from the association's previous Washington counsel, Whitmer and Worrall, which earned around $30,000 per quarter from lobbying on behalf of the NCBFAA, according to the two most recent quarterly disclosures filed this year. The NCBFAA recently named Sandler Travis lawyer Lenny Feldman the group's general counsel, adding to his ongoing role as customs counsel (see 2110010053).
Nicole Bivens Collinson, who leads the lobbying arm of the Sandler Travis law firm, is the new legislative counsel for the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the firm said. Collinson will take over from the association's previous Washington counsel, Whitmer and Worrall, which earned around $30,000 per quarter from lobbying on behalf of the NCBFAA, according to the two most recent quarterly disclosures filed this year. The NCBFAA recently named Sandler Travis lawyer Lenny Feldman the group's general counsel, adding to his ongoing role as customs counsel (see 2110010053).
Nicole Bivens Collinson, who leads the lobbying arm of the Sandler Travis law firm, is the new legislative counsel for the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the firm said. Collinson will take over from the association's previous Washington counsel, Whitmer and Worrall, which earned around $30,000 per quarter from lobbying on behalf of the NCBFAA, according to the two most recent quarterly disclosures filed this year. The NCBFAA recently named Sandler Travis lawyer Lenny Feldman the group's general counsel, adding to his ongoing role as customs counsel (see 2110010053).