§1553–1 Report on In-bond Cargo

Summary

By June 30, 2007, the Commissioner must send a report to these congressional committees: the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the House Committees on Homeland Security; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Ways and Means. The report must cover eight things: a plan to close in-bond entries at the port where goods arrive; how many people are needed to match every in-bond entry between arrival and destination or export; the status and resource needs for investigating overdue in-bond shipments; a plan to track in-bond cargo in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE); whether any transport technologies should be required; whether ports should collect more shipment information; how cargo is targeted and examined; and whether transit times can be shortened and how that would affect trade. “Commissioner” means the official in charge of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security.