NCBFAA Customs Committee
draft Meeting Agenda – April 22, 2006
the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa
3555 South Ocean Drive
Hollywood, FL 33019
Voting / Name / Position / RSVP
Area 1 / Amy Magnus / Member
Area 2 / Cary Weinberg / Member
Area 3 / Ken Bargteil / Chairman
Area 4 / Myra Reynolds / Member
Area 5 / Marie Armelagos / Member
Area 6 / Gary Ryan / Member
Area 7 / Darrell Sekin / Member
Area 8 / Russ Jones / Member
Area 9 / John Peterson / Vice Chairman
Non-Voting
Advisor / Harvey Isaacs / General Counsel
Advisor / Harold Brauner / Senior Counselor
Advisor / Art Litman / Senior Counselor
Automation Subcommittee / Bob Perkins / Chairman
CESAC Representative / Stewart Hauser / Chairman
Regulatory Agencies Committee / Cary Weinberg / Chairman
LB&F Subcommittee / Chip Bown / Chairman
President / Kiko Zuniga / ex-Officio
Carrier Best Practices Subcommittee / John Hyatt / Co-Chairman
NOTE: The Chairman wishes to acknowledge and thank all members of the Customs Committee for their dedication and voluntary efforts over the last four years in moving this Committee’s agenda forward on behalf of the NCBFAA membership.
08:00 – Continental Breakfast
08:30 – Call to order
Opening Remarks and Introductions
Welcoming remarks, attendees introduce themselves. A sign-in sheet will be circulated.
08:35 – ESAR Requirements
To follow-on discussions at the January 14, 2006 Committee meeting, the challenge of how the Customs Committee can serve to prepare NCBFAA members for the exigencies of ESAR will be taken up (see Attachment "A").
09:10 – Expansion of Nationally Permitted Customs Business
The Committee will consider the apparent drive of CBP to expand the scope of the national permit in the context of an NCAP pilot (see Attachment "B").
10:00 – Twenty minute break
10:20 – Customs Business Restrictions
A recent Pipeline issued by CBP Otay Mesa as reinforced by an Administrative Message, and apparently derivative of HQ Information Letter 115858 dated February 10, 2003 (see Attachment "G") requires examination in terms of commercial realities especially in the context of border brokerage operations (see Attachment "C" and Attachment "D"), and CBP HQ Ruling 116189 dated June 9, 2004 seems to restrict the use of traditional messenger services (see Attachment "E").
10:50 – Carrier Best Practices
Darrell Sekin will introduce the issue of carrier policy vis-à-vis stress on the fulfillment of truck delivery services in through bills of lading (see Attachment "F").
11:05 – Developing Late File Penalty Guidelines
The Committee will consider the late file penalty guidelines for ACE developed by TSN Trade Engagement and provided to the Committee by Amy Magnus (see Attachment "G").
11:20 – Customs Bond Centralization
Bob Perkins will report on progress of the COAC Bond Centralization Subcommittee (see Attachment "H").
11:30 – EIP RLF Actual Use Merchandise Restriction
Administrative Message 06-0378 dated 03/28/2006 notified filers of a restriction on EIP and RLF relating to entry goods subject to actual use provisions (see Attachment "I").
11:40 – ACE Importer Portal Account Proxy
For some customs brokers the ACE Importer Portal Account may provide an opportunity to deliver enhanced customer services, including reports drawn from the importer's ACE database. The greatest degree of account functionality will be possible for customs brokers designated and authorized by the importer as the proxy ACE Importer Portal account owner. To enable this Customs Counsel has drafted a proxy owner appointment (see Attachment "J"). A standard customs power of attorney including pertinent language might also be used for these purposes (see Attachment "K")
11:50 – Truck eManifest
The Committee will review the summary of CESAC initiatives compiled by Stew Hauser (see Attachment "L") and the working group report received from Amy Magnus (see Attachment "M").
Noon – Adjourn
Blue headings indicate OLD BUSINESS
Green headings indicate NEW BUSINESS