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DHS Delays 100 Percent Scanning Deadline Again
May 31, 2016 |Customs

The Department of Homeland Security notified Congress on May 2 that DHS needs to delay again a deadline for implementing 100 percent scanning of incoming maritime cargo containers, said a DHS spokesman. The two-year "extension is necessary to continue work on achieving the requirement of '100 percent overseas scanning' established by the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006," he said. While the law mandates that all U.S. bound containers are "scanned by radiation detecting equipment and non-intrusive imaging systems at foreign ports prior to the cargo being loaded onto a vessel," he said. The law also allows DHS is able to push back deadlines for the requirement by two years as needed, which it has several times, most recently in 2014 (see 14060233).

Coming Importer of Record Database Won't Require New Regulations, Says CBP
May 27, 2016 |Customs

The importer of record database required under the customs reauthorization law (see 1602170074) won't require new regulations beforehand, said a CBP spokeswoman. "Section 114 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an importer of record program to assign and maintain importer of record numbers no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act," she said. "This section does not require regulations." A CBP official recently said the agency's update to Form 5106 will largely be sufficient to meet requirements under the law (see 1605260009).