On November 19, 2004, the Senate passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004. The House passed the conference version of H.R. 1047 on October 8, 2004. The conference version of H.R. 1047 has now been cleared for the White House.
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports to and from the U.S. and the government determines admissibility.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available on its Web site a November 1, 2004 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site new or modified Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 - Truck Manifest.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that registration for its 5th annual Trade Symposium, which is scheduled for January 13-14, 2005, is proceeding at a quick pace and nearing capacity.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened its online (Web site) registration for its 5th annual Trade Symposium scheduled for January 13-14, 2005.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued two ABI administrative messages announcing that its most recent Harmonized System (HS) updates contain:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the October 2004 issue of its U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter, which focuses on CBP's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site new or modified Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 - Truck Manifest.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a document containing information on the Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS) for inbound trucks to its Web page on the Trade Act of 2002 - Advance Electronic Information.
On October 18, 2004, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 4567, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-334).