On June 6, 2006, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5441, the fiscal year (FY) 2007 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/09/06 news, 06060905, for BP summary.)
On June 6, 2006, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5441, the fiscal year (FY) 2007 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), etc.
On June 7, 2006 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources confirmed that the implementation of its Phase Four Enforcement policy is still scheduled for June 15, 2006. CBP has previously stated that it is implementing "Phase Four" enforcement guidelines for the 2002 Trade Act's mandatory advance cargo (manifest) information requirements for truck carriers.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has issued a press release announcing that it has been commissioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to conduct a Border Efficiency Assessment on the Automated Commercial Environment's (ACE) e-Manifest initiative and its use by motor carriers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an updated list of 44 administrative messages, from May 2006 back to 1993, detailing procedures for Remote Location Filing (RLF), Electronic Invoice Processing (EIP), and the use of Invoice by Request (INVREQ) in both RLF and EIP. This updated list reflects the addition of Adm: 06-0511. (List of RLF and EIP Messages, dated 05/23/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_summary/remote_location_filing/operational_notes/message_list.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a spreadsheet that compares the Broker Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) and Carrier Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) codes. The spreadsheet provides the following details for each CAMIR/ANSI X.12 Disposition Code: AMS Message Text; ABI Disposition Code; CATAIR Message Text; ABI Output Record; and ABI Disp. Code. (Spreadsheet, dated 05/25/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_control/codes.ctt/codes.xls.)
During the May 16, 2006 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (COAC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Treasury officials discussed a variety of trade issues with COAC, highlights of which are provided below:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued what it terms "important" guidelines for carriers participating in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic truck manifest (e-manifest) program. Preceding the guidelines is information on CBP's timeline for e-Manifest as well as its explanation of the need for this guidance, which is highlighted below.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that its most recent changes to the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0603) contains changes with respect to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its web site a notice announcing that due to unexpected programming difficulties that have not been resolved, CBP is delaying the implementation of itse Phase Four Enforcement policy until June 15, 2006 (from May 15, 2006).