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What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. federal government’s regulatory agency for the majority of telecommunications activity within the country. The FCC oversees radio, television, telephone, satellite, and cable communications, and its primary statutory goal is to expand U.S. citizens’ access to telecommunications services.

The Commission is organized into 7 bureaus:

  • Consumer & Governmental Affairs
  • Enforcement
  • Media
  • Space
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Wireline Competition
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security

As an agency, the FCC receives its high-level directives from Congressional legislation and is empowered by that legislation to establish legal rules the industry must follow.

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COAC Drops Vessel Manifest Data Confidentiality Proposal From 21CCF
November 28, 2022 by Brian Feito|Top News

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will not move forward with a proposal under the 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF) to make ocean vessel manifest data automatically confidential, according to a report from the 21CCF task force released by the COAC Nov. 28. The provision is one of several listed by the task force in the report that the COAC will no longer advance after recent discussions with CBP.

Topics:U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), 21st Century Customs Framework, Manifest Confidentiality, World Trade Organization (WTO), Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), Forced Labor
CBP Adds New Forced Labor Benefits to CTPAT Trade Compliance Program
November 21, 2022 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP is adding three new benefits related to forced labor in its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Trade Compliance program, CTPAT Director Manual Garza said in a message to the trade community posted to the CBP website Nov. 18. Effective immediately, CBP will provide “to the greatest extent possible and practical,” front-of-line admissibility review, the ability to hold instead of redeliver goods suspected of forced labor and the ability to move shipments detained under a withhold release order to a bonded facility.

Topics:Forced Labor
CBP Updates CTPAT Trade Compliance Handbook With Forced Labor Requirements
November 3, 2022 |Customs

CBP on Nov. 1 posted the latest version of its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Trade Compliance program handbook. Version 2 updates the initial release of the handbook in July by revising language on the disclosure benefit and adding new sections of program requirements, including those related to forced labor announced in August (see 2208220040).

Topics:Entry Type 86 , Customs duty, Drawback, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), Forced Labor