On July 25, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner W. Ralph Basham testified at the House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee's hearing on Customs budget authorizations and other Customs issues. Also testifying at the hearing were representatives from the following organizations:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following to its Web site:
The House Ways and Means Committee's Trade Subcommittee has issued an advisory announcing that it will be holding a hearing on July 25, 2006 on budget authorizations for fiscal year (FY) 2007 and 2008 for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and on other Customs issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) has been retired and all valid materials have been migrated to updated systems, including cbp.gov. CBP's notice notes certain new locations for various information, as the CEBB page itself will be retired on September 30, 2006. (CBP notice, undated, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/cebb_linklist.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) will be held on August 3, 2006 in Washington, DC. (This committee was formerly known as the "Commercial Operations Advisory Committee.")
The 'security counsel' column of The Journal of Commerce questions whether the C-TPAT Mandatory Portal will leave the "partnership" behind and regress to a version of the "automate or perish" days of Commissioner William Von Raab. The column speculates that the days of a voluntary trade security program may be numbered given the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) critical reports on C-TPAT and the installation of an enforcement-grounded commissioner. (JoC, dated 07/10/06, www.joc.com )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated set of question and answers regarding the implementation of its new, mandatory Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Internet Application and Communications Portal (referred to as the C-TPAT Security Link Portal).
In March 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security criteria for highway carriers. CBP had also issued an associated implementation plan, which included a three-phase implementation schedule for existing members.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted notice to its Web site that it will hold a meeting on June 29, 2006 in Laredo, Texas to propose and discuss expanding the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Southern Border Highway Carrier segment to include the following sectors:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulatory rulemakings (rulemakings).