Treasury Issues its CBP Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda
The Treasury Department has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which contains certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulatory rulemakings.
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(The Department of Homeland Security has also issued its CBP semi-annual regulatory agenda. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/10/07 news, 07051015, for BP summary of this DHS document.)
This agenda is a comprehensive list of the Treasury's CBP rulemakings at the proposed, final, and completed stages, as well as rulemakings that are long term actions. The agenda lists the regulation title, past regulation(s), if any, the timeframe for the next regulatory action(s), if any, a brief description of the regulation, and a contact party name and telephone number.
Highlights of Treasury's CBP rulemakings (i.e. those regulations that pertain to 19 CFR) at the proposed, final, or completed stages, or that are long term actions are as follows:
Proposed Rule Stage (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
| Regulation Title | Target/Actual Date for Proposed Rule |
| Remote Location Filing (RLF) | 03/23/071 |
| Expanded Methods of Payment of Duties, Taxes, Interest, and Fees | 06/072 |
| Uniform Rules of Origin | 09/07 |
| Revision of Outbound Redelivery Procedures and Liabilities | 09/07 |
| Centralization of the Continuous Bond Program at the CBP National Finance Center | 06/07 |
| Administrative Rulings and Protests | 09/07 |
| Foreign Repairs to American Vessels; Consolidation of Vessel Repair Units | 06/07 |
1 This proposed rule was issued in March 2007; however, the comment period ends on May 22, 2007. The target date for the final rule is October 2007. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/30/07 and 04/02/07 news, 07033005 and 07040205, for Parts I & II of BP's summary on the proposed rule.)
2 This is the second time that this rule is being proposed; it was first proposed in March 1999. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/29/99 news, 99042871, for BP summary of Treasury's 1999 agenda, which included the first proposal of this rule.)
Final Rule Stage (First Appearance at Final Rule Stage in Treasury's Agenda)
Entry of Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada Requiring an Export Permit
Treasury states that this document adopts interim amendments to 19 CFR in order to establish additional entry requirements applicable to shipments of softwood lumber from Canada. The interim amendments involve the collection of certain additional information for purposes of monitoring and enforcing an agreement dated September 12, 2006, between the Governments of the U.S. and Canada (U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006)) regarding trade in softwood lumber. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/19/06 news, 06101925, for BP summary of the interim rule.)
Target date: 06/07
U.S.-Jordan FTA
This interim final rule will amend 19 CFR on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.
Target date: 04/07
U.S.-Morocco FTA
This interim final rule will amend 19 CFR on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the U.S.-Morocco FTA.
Target date: 04/07
U.S.-Australia FTA
This interim final rule will amend 19 CFR on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the U.S.-Australia FTA.
Target date: 06/07
Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Material from Peru
Treasury states that this document will amend 19 CFR to reflect the extension of the import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological materials from Peru that were imposed by Treasury Decision (T.D.) 97-50 and extended by T.D. 02-30.
Target date: 06/07
Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Pre-Classical and Classical Archaeological Material and Byzantine Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Material from Cyprus
Treasury states that this document will amend 19 CFR to reflect the extension of the import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological materials from Cyprus that were imposed by T.D. 02-37 and CBP Dec. 06- 22.
Target date: 07/07
Final Rule Stage (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
| Regulation Title | Target Date for Final Rule |
| Country-of-Origin Marking | 09/07 |
| User and Navigation Fees; Other Reimbursable Charges | 09/07 |
| African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) | 06/07 |
| U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) | 06/07 |
| Reimbursable Customs Inspectional Services-Increase in Hourly Rate Charge | 06/07 |
| Dog and Cat Protection Act | 06/07 |
| Trade Benefits Under AGOA | 06/07 |
| Fees for Customs Processing at Express Consignment Carrier Facilities | 04/07 |
| Trade Benefits Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) | 06/07 |
| U.S.-Singapore FTA | 04/073 |
| Recordation of Copyrights and Enforcement Procedures to Prevent Importation of Piratical Articles | 06/07 |
| NAFTA: Merchandise Processing Fee Exemption and Technical Corrections | 06/07 |
| Country of Origin of Textile and Apparel Products | 06/07 |
| Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. FTA (DR-CAFTA) | 06/07 |
| Entry of Certain Cement Products from Mexico Requiring a Commerce Department Import License | 04/07 |
3 Target date for interim final rule.
Long-Term Actions (Previously Appeared in Treasury's Agenda)
Regulation Title (target date for next action is either undetermined or to be determined; all are already in effect as interim or final rules)
Harbor Maintenance Fee
Donated Cargo Exemption from Harbor Maintenance Fee
Reconciliation
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-Implementation of Duty-Deferral Program Provisions
Treasury's Semi-Annual Agenda (FR Pub 04/30/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/11dec20060800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ua070430/pdf/ua070416.pdf