On May 17, 2005, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2360, the fiscal year (FY) 2006 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), etc.
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a new Automated Commercial System (ACS) entry process for trucks that arrive at one U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) northern border port of entry, with an entry filed at another northern border port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new "Trade Engagement Biweekly Report" which summarizes topics discussed during workshops held to develop the business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5. (These workshops are attended by members of the Trade Support Network (TSN), called Trade Ambassadors, who are importers, brokers, carriers, and other members of the trade community.) The following are highlights of CBP's summary of four ACE Release 5 workshops held in early March 2005:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice entitled "Getting Started with EDI for ACE Electronic Truck Manifest."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an April 2005 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site numerous new reports that the trade (i.e., various Trade Support Network (TSN) Committees and Subcommittees) has requested for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the April 2005 issue of its U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter which discusses, among other things, CBP's plans regarding the implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 (Truck Manifest) at ports in western Washington.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site, including a list, as of April 26, 2005, of companies/persons offering Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Electronic Truck Manifest data processing services to the trade community.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its Performance and Annual Report Fiscal Year 2004, which covers federal fiscal year (FY) 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004), with discussion of some subsequent events.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a memorandum which it states clarifies Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS) invoice policy and other release issues.