U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its web site announcing that it collected $510.6 million in duties and fees through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) monthly payment feature-which is an estimated 25% of the total duties and fees collected by CBP.
"Change requests" for e-Manifest trucks. A list of change requests/GIF for e-Manifest trucks, their expected completion date, and description. For example, for April 23, 2006, changes were scheduled to (1) allow authorized users to "mass post" as it exists in ACS, (2) enable carriers to authorize multiple parties to supply manifest data via EDI or ACE Portal for same trip, etc. Changes scheduled for June 25, 2006 include creating a hierarchical relationship between the master bill (SCN) to account for each BCN (house) under a SCN (master), etc. (CBP's list of e-Manifest changes, posted 05/08/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/carrier_info/electronic_truck_manifest_info/prog_change_request.ctt/prog_change_request.pdf )
On April 26, 2006, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on "Authorization of Customs and Trade Functions" in order to review the operation of customs and trade functions in the federal government. This review will assist the Finance Committee in preparing legislation to reauthorize those functions.
April 2006 ACE Modernization newsletter. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the April 2006 issue of its Modernization Monthly newsletter. This issue contains articles on the upcoming expansion of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to California, the approval for operational use of the screening foundation for modernization of the Automated Targeting System (ATS), etc. (April 2006 Modernization newsletter available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/news_0406.ctt/news_0406.pdf.)
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
On May 4, 2006, the Senate passed H.R. 4939, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill by a vote of 77 to 21. (The House passed its own version of H.R. 4939 on March 16, 2006.) As the House and Senate have passed different versions of H.R. 4939, a House-Senate conference will be convened to resolve those differences. (BP will be checking for international trade provisions in both House and Senate versions.) (Congressional Record, dated 05/04/06, available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r109:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20060504).)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced its implementation of interim policy and operating procedures for processing Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) rejections and liquidated damages in order to allow filers to make corrections to the entry summary prior to payment, without the concern that they will receive liquidated damages for removing the entry summary to make the change, etc.
New modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest. CBP has posted the following new modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) will be held on May 16, 2006 in Washington, DC. (This committee was previously called the "Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.")
On April 26, 2006, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on "Authorization of Customs and Trade Functions" in order to review the operation of customs and trade functions in the federal government. This review will assist the Finance Committee in preparing legislation to reauthorize those functions.