1515-AE49 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1515 Customs Revenue Function CUSTOMS 1500 Department of the Treasury TREAS Elimination of Paper-Based Bond Applications and the Automated Processing of Bond Applications

This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to amend the CBP regulations pertaining to bonds in 19 CFR part 113.  The proposed amendments eliminate the more onerous and inefficient paper-based bond application and approval processes.  Moving forward, the proposed amendments would implement the successful National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test for electronic bonds ("eBonds").  The proposed amendments would require all bonds to be filed by the sureties using an electronic data interchange (EDI) or e-mail. 

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No Not Yet Determined 19 U.S.C. 66 19 U.S.C. 1411(a)(2)(D) 19 U.S.C. 1623 19 U.S.C. 1624 No NPRM 06/00/2025 CBP engages the public through multiple avenues. For example, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) is a Federal Advisory Committee whose quarterly meetings are open to the public. The COAC provides advice to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on matters pertaining to the commercial operations of CBP and related functions within the Department of Homeland Security and Treasury. The public may provide comments/input during the meeting. Beginning as early as 2005, COAC has discussed issues related to the centralization and modernization of bond processing, and has at times established a bond working group to discuss these issues in more depth. In support of this effort, CBP has been conducting a voluntary National Customs Automation Program test since 2015 to permit the voluntary transmission of electronic transmission of bond data to CBP by the surety securing the bond. Undetermined None No No No Kara Welty N. Chief, Debt Management Branch 1685 Customs Revenue Functions CUSTREV 317 614-4614 kara.n.welty@cbp.dhs.gov National Finance Center, Office of Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6650 Telecom Drive, InTech, Suite 100, Indianapolis IN 46278 Sharolyn McCann Director, Commercial Operations, Revenue & Entry Division 1685 Customs Revenue Functions CUSTREV 202 384-8935 sharolyn.j.mccann@cbp.dhs.gov 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20229