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 (rulemakings).
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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.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 01/11/05 news, 05011135, for BP summary of DHS' portion of CBP's semi-annual regulatory agenda.)
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 (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
| Regulation Title | Target Date for Proposed Rule |
| Remote Location Filing | 01/05 |
| Uniform Rules of Origin | 12/04 |
| Recordation of Copyrights and Enforcement Procedures to Prevent Importation of Piratical Articles | 12/04 |
| Revision of Outbound Redelivery Procedures and Liabilities | 02/05 |
| Centralization of the Continuous Bond Program at the CBP National Finance Center | 01/05 |
Final Rule Stage (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
Regulation Title | Target Date for Final Action |
Country-of-Origin Marking |
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Expanded Methods of Payment of Duties, Taxes, Interest, and Fees |
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User and Navigation Fees; Other Reimbursable Charges |
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African Growth and Opportunity Act and Generalized System of Preferences |
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Expanded Weekly Entry Procedure for Foreign Trade Zones |
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U.S. - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and Caribbean Basin Initiative |
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Reimbursable Customs Inspectional Services - Increase in Hourly Rate Charge |
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Dog and Cat Protection Act |
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Prototypes Used Solely for Product Development, Testing, Evaluation, or Quality Control Purposes1 |
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Preferential Treatment of Brassieres Under the U.S. - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act2 |
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Single Entry for Unassembled or Disassembled Entities Imported on Multiple Conveyances |
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Implementation of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act |
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Trade Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act |
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Fees for Customs Processing at Express Courier Facilities |
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Trade Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act |
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Tariff Treatment Related to Disassembly Operations Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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Merchandise Processing Fees Eligible to be Claimed as Certain Types of Drawback Based on Substitution of Finished Petroleum Derivatives3 |
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U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement |
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U.S. - Singapore Free Trade Agreement |
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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
1See ITT's Online Archives or 11/10/04 news, 04111005, for BP summary of CBP's final rule.
2See ITT's Online Archives or 12/06/04 news, 04120625, for BP summary of CBP's final rule.
3 See ITT's Online Archives or 10/12/04 news, 04101215, for BP summary of CBP's final rule.
Treasury's semi-annual agenda (FR Pub 12/13/04) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/13dec20040800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ua041213/pdf/ua041016.pdf