On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1105, the fiscal year 20091 omnibus appropriations bill, which is intended to "wrap up work" on the remaining FY 2009 appropriations bills2.
On March 10, 2009, the Senate passed H.R. 1105, the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. (Note that the House passed H.R. 1105 on February 25, 2009.) A statement from Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Inouye is alsoavailable. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/03/09 news, 09030315, for BP summary on the trade-related highlights of H.R. 1105 and its explanatory statement.) (Congressional Record, dated 03/10/09, available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r111:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20090310); Senator Inouye's statement, dated 03/10/09, available at http://appropriations.senate.gov/News/2009_03_10_Chairman_Inouye_Statement_on_Senate_Passage_of_FY_2009_Omnibus_Legislation.pdf?CFID=1320119&CFTOKEN=91627017.)
Canada Border Services Agency has issued Customs Notice CN09-002 to inform importers about a change to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA's) wood packaging policy. Starting September 1, 2009, phytosanitary certificates from China for wood packaging material (WPM) will no longer be an accepted treatment certification method in Canada.
On February 25, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1105, the fiscal year 20091 omnibus appropriations bill, which is intended to "wrap up work" on the remaining FY 2009 appropriations bills2.
Sources at U.S. Customs and Border Protection and a recent National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) webinar have provided an update on using the new Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter1 containingthe Participating Government Agencies (PGA) data set for submitting the Lacey Act Amendments declaration for imported plants and plant products.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted (1) the charter for the interagency Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Partnership Council and (2) three additional action plans for the CBP-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Joint Agency Task Force.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS regarding the new Participating Government Agencies Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter that it recently posted to its Web site.
The CPSC has posted Part I and Part II of the public comments it has received on the Prohibition on the Sale of Certain Products Containing Specified Phthalates pursuant to Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. (Posting available at http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html)
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has published a notice announcing revisions to its enforcement phase-in plan for the Lacey Act Amendment declaration requirement for imported plants and plant products, provided information on its exemptions, etc.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has refiled for Federal Register publication its notice that announces a revision to its enforcement phase-in plan for the Lacey Act Amendment declaration requirement for imported plants and plant products, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/23/09 news, 09012305, for BP summary of pulled notice.) (Draft FR notice available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-02232_PI.pdf)