Fall COAC Meeting, Agenda Announced as Subcommittees 'Wind Down'

According to the notice, the subcommittees will be "winding down" their committee activities. CBP had indicated in early July that all existing COAC subcommittees and working groups would come to a close as CBP shifts to trade enforcement as a key objective (see 2507010077).

The COAC will hear from the current subcommittees on the topics listed below:

• The Intelligent Enforcement Subcommittee will provide updates on the work completed in its working groups. The Intellectual Property Rights Process Modernization Working Group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations. The Forced Labor Working Group will wind down this quarter and hopes to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations. The Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Working Group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations for a path forward.
• The Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee will provide updates on three of its working groups. The Automated Commercial Environment Modernization (formerly ACE 2.0) Working Group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations on its discussions about trade priorities. The Broker Modernization Working Group remains focused on the enhancement of the candidate experience and improving the administration of the Customs Broker License Exam. The Broker Modernization Working Group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations for the Committee’s consideration. The Modernized Entry Processes Working Group is scheduled to meet this quarter in July and August with the goal of winding down this quarter and plans to finalize its discussions on National Customs Automation Programs and Broker Cybersecurity. Proposed recommendations are anticipated from the Modernized Entry Processes Working Group. The Customs Interagency Industry Working Group did not meet this quarter and does not plan to submit any proposed recommendations.
• The Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee will provide updates on six of its seven active working groups. The Export Modernization Working Group has met three times this quarter. It continues to focus on defining Progressive Filing, discussions regarding the proposed Rail Electronic Export Manifest notice of proposed rulemaking, and upcoming notices of proposed rulemaking for ocean and other transportation modes and the accompanying operational guides. It will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations that formalize and reflect its work. The Drawback Task Force has met three times this quarter and plans to complete all of the work that was established on its task list when the group was established in 2024, ahead of the public meeting in September. Specifically, the group has finalized its discussions regarding error validation code streamlining. Additionally, the group plans to discuss drawback for recycled items, provide additional ideas for Document Image System codes for ease of use by drawback specialists, develop recommendations for a new process for amending and perfecting drawback claims, and expand on previous conversations for the treatment of sets for unused merchandise substitution drawback per 19 U.S.C. 1313(j)(2). The Drawback Task Force will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations for the September public meeting. The De Minimis Working Group discussion this quarter has centered around CBP’s enforcement of the $800 limit per person per day and on the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration import requirements that were released this quarter with immediate effect on the trade. The De Minimis Working Group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations. The Centers Working Group will wind down this quarter. The Foreign Trade Zone/Warehouse Working Group has completed its initial review of the foreign trade zone regulations (19 CFR part 146). The working group will wind down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations for Foreign Trade Zones and bonded warehouses for submission at the Committee’s public meeting in September. The Cross-Border Recognition Working Group has not met this quarter and remains on hiatus. The Trade Partnership and Engagement Working Group is winding down this quarter and plans to have final comments and/or proposed recommendations for an updated handbook for the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Trade Compliance Program and proposed recommendations for the September meeting with respect to efficiencies and eliminating redundancies in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program. The Pipeline Working Group has been discussing deployment of a National Customs Automation Program test of data acquisition using Global Interoperability Standards for tracking pipeline-borne crude oil and will wind down this quarter.