CBP Proposes to Amend Regs for Returning U.S. Residents & Family
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a proposed rule to revise its regulations regarding U.S. returning residents who are eligible to file a single customs declaration for members of a family traveling together upon arrival in the U.S. Specifically, CBP…
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is proposing to expand the definition of the term “members of a family residing in one household” to allow more U.S. returning residents to file a family customs declaration for articles acquired abroad. CBP anticipates that the proposed change will reduce the amount of paperwork that CBP officers would need to review during inspection and, therefore, facilitate passenger processing. Comments are due by May 29, 2012.