On July 14, 2008, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 1182, to express the sense of the House that American flags flown on Federal Government buildings and on Federal property be made in the U.S. (Congressional Record, dated 07/14/08, available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r110:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20080714).)
CBP has issued a news release announcing that it will partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with other agencies, at the new National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Coordination Center in Arlington, VA.
U.S. Customs and Broker Protection has posted two new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) ABI CATAIR documents to its Web site: (i) ACE Entry Summary Examples and (ii) Selected EDI "Entry Summary Create/Update" Filing and Response Scenarios.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message informing filers that they may now use Remote Location Filing and Electronic Interface Program to enter goods subject to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Declaration Form 3520-1 (Importation of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines Subject to Federal Air Pollution Regulations) or Engine Declaration Form 3520-21 (Importation of Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment Subject to Federal Air Pollution Regulations) documentation.
CBP has issued the June 2008 ACE Trade Account Owner monthly update as an attachment to an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message. The update covers the following topics: the introduction of ACE "ad hoc" reporting capabilities, new contact information for the technology support center, ACE Account Revenue report enhancements, the posting of the "draft" M1 version of the CAMIR (Amendment 11) and X12 transaction sets, and new features that will be available in ACE with the deployment of ACE A2.1/M1 Ocean and Rail e-Manifest. (June 2008 TAO update available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/17122_1004847298/June_2008_TAO_V4.pdf.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a General Notice announcing a change to the portal activity portion of the Terms and Conditions that must be followed for access to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal).
On June 23, 2008, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported S. 3181, the fiscal year 2009 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, affecting U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
CBP has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following events:
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued its report on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's security controls over the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that on July 1, 2008 the following 12 filer and importer compliance ACE reports had been restored to all trade users (fiscal and calendar are each separate reports):