Cassidy, Whitehouse Introduce Customs Modernization Bill
A bipartisan Customs Modernization bill would allow CBP to use advance data to enforce customs laws, permit summary forfeiture of certain goods that infringe on intellectual property rights, and allow for streamlined disposition of detained de minimis packages, when CBP did not receive a response from the shipper.
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The bill would augment CBP's authority so that it could require submission of additional information to determine eligibility for de minimis and would allow the agency to require information from parties other than importers or customs brokers but still require that importers of record or customs brokers submit the data.
The measure would also give CBP the authority to regulate bonding levels, expand recordkeeping demands and create public disclosure of air cargo, rail and truck manifests.
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., introduced the bill Dec. 8.
It has little in the way of trade facilitation, though it would allow for electronic transmission of requests for accelerated disposition of protests, and it would modify requirements for filing at the Court of International Trade.