1651-AB02 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Centers of Excellence and Expertise

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to adopt interim amendments to CBP regulations that established the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (Centers) as a permanent organizational component of the agency.  The interim amendments, which were published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2016, and became effective on January 19, 2017, and a related technical correction document that was published in the Federal Register on September 5, 2019, amended various parts of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR).  By shifting certain trade functions to the Centers and authorizing the port directors and Center directors to exercise certain trade functions concurrently, the interim amendments provided broad, centralized decision-making authority to the Centers to better enable the Centers to facilitate trade, reduce transaction costs, increase compliance with applicable import laws, and achieve uniformity of treatment at ports of entry for certain identified industries.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 19 CFR 4 19 CFR 7 19 CFR 10 19 CFR 11 19 CFR 12 19 CFR 24 19 CFR 54 19 CFR 101 19 CFR 102 19 CFR 103 19 CFR 113 19 CFR 132 19 CFR 133 19 CFR 134 19 CFR 141 19 CFR 142 19 CFR 143 19 CFR 144 19 CFR 145 19 CFR 146 19 CFR 147 19 CFR 151 19 CFR 152 19 CFR 158 19 CFR 159 19 CFR 161 19 CFR 162 19 CFR 163 19 CFR 173 19 CFR 174 19 CFR 176 19 CFR 181 19 U.S.C. 2 19 U.S.C. 66 19 U.S.C. 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) 19 U.S.C. 1624 No Interim Final Rule 12/20/2016 81 FR 92978 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 01/19/2017 Interim Final Rule Effective 01/19/2017 Interim Final Rule Comment Period Extended 01/27/2017 82 FR 8588 Interim Final Rule Comment Period Extended End 03/20/2017 Final Rule 04/00/2022 No None No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Lori Whitehurst Branch Chief, Trade Operations Division 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 202 344-2536 lori.j.whitehurst@cbp.dhs.gov Office of Field Operations, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20229