CBP Posts COAC Role of the Broker Subcommittee's Final Recommendations
At the October 4, 2011 COAC meeting, COAC adopted a set of revised recommendations from its Broker Subcommittee on the Role of the Broker project. The final recommendations are largely the same as the draft recommendations that were posted prior to the October 4, 2011 COAC meeting, except they now recommend expanding CBP’s Broker Regulatory Revision Work Group to include other interested parties representing other perspectives and reflect certain revisions to the wording of the recommendations.
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Note that during the COAC meeting, CBP officials had stated that they were working to get input on the next steps its Work Group should take, and was looking to expand participation to include a greater variety of stakeholders. The Work Group currently consists of NCBFAA and CBP members. (See ITT’s Online Archives 11100510 for summary of this discussion at the October 4, 2011 COAC meeting.)
(See ITT’s Online Archives 11100364 for summary on the COAC-NCBFAA Work Group's recommendations, which included a continuing education requirement for brokers, an expanded broker role to include pre-certification for C-TPAT applicants and pre-application for ISA applicants, professionalism requirements, a revised penalty regime, etc. and the COAC subcommittee's draft recommendations, which included a continuing education requirement, some measure of practical experience before receiving a permit, not splitting the current license structure, etc.)
Final COAC Broker Subcommittee recommendations available here