CBP Announces Next Remote COAC Meeting Date, Releases Agenda

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely March 31, CBP said in a notice. The meeting will be the first for the newest COAC members. Comments are due in writing by March 28.

The COAC will hear from the following subcommittees on the topics listed below and then will review, deliberate and formulate recommendations on how to proceed on those topics:

• The Rapid Response Subcommittee will share details regarding the formation of the Domestic Manufacturing and Production Working Group and provide an update on the progress and plans of the Broker Modernization Working Group.
• The Intelligent Enforcement Subcommittee will provide updates on the progress and plans on the following: the Bond Working Group will provide the overall status; the Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Working Group will provide updates regarding the progress and plans for the group; the Intellectual Property Rights Process Modernization Working Group will provide an update on the status of the group and discuss potential next steps; and the Forced Labor Working Group will provide status updates and the plans for the 16th Term of COAC.
• The Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee will provide an update on the progress of the 21st Century Customs Framework and E-Commerce Task Forces; the One U.S. Government Working Group will provide an update on upcoming work; the Re-Imagined Entry Processes Working Group has undergone a name change and will be known as the ACE 2.0 Working Group. The working group plans to conduct an in-depth gap analysis of processes to be improved included in the ACE 2.0 modernization.
• The Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee will provide an update on the status of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT), export modernization, in-bond modernization, and cargo operations.