Treasury Issues its CBP Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda
The Treasury Department (Treasury) has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulatory rulemakings.
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(The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also issued its CBP Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda. See future issue of ITT for BP summary of this DHS document.)
Sources have previously stated that this agenda is a comprehensive list of rulemakings at the proposed, final, long-term, and completed stages. For the rulemakings that are still pending completion, the agenda lists the regulation title, an estimate of the timeframe for the next regulatory actions, a brief description of the regulation, and a contact party name and telephone number.
Treasury's semi-annual regulatory agenda contains the following CBP rulemakings (i.e. those regulations that pertain to Chapter 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)):
Proposed Rule Stage (First Appearance in Any Agenda)
Administrative Rulings and Protests
Among other things, Treasury states that the proposed amendments are designed to implement the administrative rulings process as well as the filing and administrative review of protests against CBP decisions. Other changes proposed serve to modernize, clarify, and enhance current CBP administrative rulings and protest procedures and reflect the nomenclature changes effected by the transfer of CBP to the DHS and the subsequent renaming of the U.S. Customs Service as the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
Target date 04/06
Fees for Certain Customs Inspectional Services
Treasury states that this proposed amendment would revise the fees charged for certain customs inspectional services under 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended. The proposed amendments are necessary to reflect recent changes in the pertinent statutory provisions.
Target date 04/06
Entry of Certain Cement Products from Mexico Requiring a Commerce Department Import License
Treasury states that this document proposes to set forth special requirements for the entry of certain cement products from Mexico requiring a U.S. Department of Commerce import license. The cement products in question are those listed in the Agreement Between the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Department of Commerce, and Mexico's Secretaria de Economia on Trade in Cement, dated March 6, 2006. The changes proposed in this document require the inclusion of an import license number on the entry summary documentation filed with
CBP for any cement product for which the Department of Commerce requires under its cement licensing and import monitoring program as well as a valid Mexican export license with the entry documentation for cement covered by the Agreement on Trade in Cement.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/06 news, 06060230, for BP summary of this CBP proposed rule.)
Proposed Rule Stage (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
| Regulation Title | Target Date for Proposed Rule |
| Remote Location Filing | 04/06 |
| Uniform Rules of Origin | 04/06 |
| Revision of Outbound Redelivery Procedures and Liabilities | 07/06 |
| Centralization of the Continuous Bond Program at the CBP National Finance Center | 07/06 |
| NAFTA: Post-Entry Claims and Merchandise Processing Fee Exemption | 09/06 |
Final Rule Stage (First Appearance in Any Agenda)
Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
Treasury states that this amendment of CBP regulations would set forth the conditions and requirements that apply for purposes of submitting requests to CBP for refunds of any excess customs duties paid with respect to entries of textile or apparel goods entitled to retroactive application of preferential tariff treatment under the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/07/06 news, 06030705, for BP summary of CBP's interim rule, which went into effect on March 7, 2006. See ITT's Online Archives or 03/13/06 news, 06031301, for full BP summary of CBP's instructions on filing and acceptance of claims under the DR-CAFTA.)
Final Rule Stage (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
| Regulation Title | Target Date for Final Action |
| Country-of-Origin Marking | 07/06 |
| Expanded Methods of Payment of Duties, Taxes, Interest, Fees | 07/06 |
| User and Navigation Fees; Other Reimbursable Charges | 09/06 |
| African Growth and Opportunity Act and Generalized System of Preferences | 12/06 |
| U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and Caribbean Basin Initiative | 12/06 |
| Reimbursable Customs Inspectional Services-Increase in Hourly Rate Charge | 09/06 |
| Dog and Cat Protection Act | 07/06 |
| Single Entry for Unassembled or Disassembled Entities Imported on Multiple Conveyances | 07/06 |
| Implementation of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act | 12/06 |
| Trade Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act | 12/06 |
| Fees for Customs Processing at Express Courier Facilities | 04/06 |
| Trade Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act | 12/06 |
| U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement | 04/06 |
| U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement | 07/06 |
| Recordation of Copyrights and Enforcement Procedures to Prevent Importation of Piratical Articles | 04/06 |
| Conditional Release Period and Customs Bond Obligations for Food, Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics (Section 610 Review) | 07/06 |
| Country of Origin of Textile and Apparel Products | 07/06 |
See ITT's Online Archives or 06/06/06 news, 06060605, for BP summary of CBP's final rule, which is effective July 3, 2006.
Target Date for Interim Final Rule.
Long-Term Actions (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
Harbor Maintenance Fee
Donated Cargo Exemption from Harbor Maintenance Fee
Reconciliation
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-Implementation of Duty-Deferral Program Provisions
Completed Actions
Import Restrictions on Certain Archaeological and Ethnological Materials from Colombia
Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Material Originating in Italy and Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods
Treasury's Semi-Annual Agenda (FR Pub 04/24/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/27apr20060800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ua060424/pdf/ua060416.pdf