Treasury Dept. Regulatory Agenda Mentions Effort to Improve Prior Disclosure Process
The Treasury Department published its fall 2022 regulatory agenda for CBP. The only new mention of any regulations is a new long-term action that would amend CBP's regulations "pertaining to prior disclosure and to the procedure for demanding payment of duties, taxes, fees, or revenue" when a penalty claim isn't issued. "Amendments are designed to encourage participation in the prior disclosure program and to enhance the effectiveness of the duty/revenue demand process," the agenda said.
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Treasury also moved a proposed rule updating CBP's (a)(1)(a) list of records that must be kept to support entry documentation to its long-term actions list.
The agenda lists Treasury's CBP rulemakings that are pending at the proposed, interim final, 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 time frame for the next regulatory action(s), if any; a brief description of the regulation; and a contact party name and telephone number.
Agenda Highlights
Highlights of Treasury's CBP rulemakings are below. New items are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Proposed Rule Stage |
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| Dog and Cat Protection Act |
| International Travel Merchandise |
| Inter Partes Proceedings Concerning Administration of Exclusion Orders Resulting From Final Determinations of the United States International Trade Commission Under Section 337 |
| Merchandise Produced by Convict or Forced Labor or Indentured Labor Under Penal Sanctions |
| Elimination of Paper-Based Bond Applications and the Automated Processing of Bond Applications |
| Final Rule Stage |
| Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Required for Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry) Filings |
| Administrative Exemptions on Value of Articles Increased* |
| Enforce and Protect Act Regulations |
| Importations of Pesticides and Pesticidal Devices |
| Enforcement of Copyrights and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
| Disclosure of Information Regarding Abandoned Merchandise |
| Refund of Alcohol Excise Tax |
| Goods Returned to the United States |
| Fee for Inbound Express Mail (Inbound EMS) Items |
| Amendment to Statement Processing and Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) |
| Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Uniform Regulations Regarding the Rules of Origin* |
| Non-Preferential Origin Determinations for Merchandise Imported From Canada or Mexico for Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada |
| Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Implementing Regulations Related to Textile and Apparel Goods, Automotive Goods, and Other USMCA Provisions |
| Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Tunisia |