[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 5620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


New Date for April 2010 Customs Brokers License Examination

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') has changed the date on which the semi-annual 
written examination for an individual broker's license will be held in 
April 2010.

DATES: The customs broker's license examination scheduled for April 
2010 will be held on Wednesday, April 7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris, Broker Compliance 
Branch, Office of International Trade, (202) 863-6543.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), 
provides that a person (an individual, corporation, association, or 
partnership) must hold a valid customs broker's license and permit in 
order to transact customs business on behalf of others, sets forth 
standards for the issuance of broker's licenses and permits, and 
provides for the taking of disciplinary action against brokers that 
have engaged in specified types of infractions. In the case of an 
applicant for an individual broker's license, section 641 provides that 
an examination may be conducted to determine the applicant's 
qualifications for a license.
    The regulations issued under the authority of section 641 are set 
forth in part 111 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 
CFR part 111). Part 111 includes detailed rules regarding the licensing 
of, and granting of permits to, persons desiring to transact customs 
business as customs brokers. These rules include the qualifications 
required of applicants and the procedures for applying for licenses and 
permits. Section 111.11 (19 CFR 111.11) sets forth the basic 
requirements for a broker's license and, in paragraph (a)(4), provides 
that an applicant for an individual broker's license must attain a 
passing grade on a written examination taken within the 3-year period 
before submission of the license application prescribed under Sec.  
111.12 (19 CFR 111.12). Section 111.13 (19 CFR 111.13) sets forth the 
requirements and procedures for the written examination for an 
individual broker's license. Paragraph (b) of Sec.  111.13 pertains to 
the date and place of the examination and states that written customs 
broker license examinations will be given on the first Monday in April 
and October unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts 
with a national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable 
event and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') publishes in the 
Federal Register appropriate notice of a change in the examination 
date.
    CBP recognizes that the first Monday in April 2010 (April 5) 
coincides with the observance of Passover. In consideration of this 
conflict with Passover, CBP has decided to change the date of the 
examination pursuant to Sec.  111.13(b). Accordingly, this document 
announces that CBP has scheduled the April 2010 examination for 
Wednesday, April 7.

    Dated: January 26, 2010.
Daniel Baldwin,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. .
[FR Doc. 2010-2303 Filed 2-2-10; 8:45 am]
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