Customs and Trade Facilitation Reauthorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3658
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Airline passenger traffic
Authorization
Charter airlines
Chemicals
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Customs administration
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Drug abuse
Economic statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal law enforcement officers
Fees
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Immigration
Imports
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Maintenance and repair
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Methamphetamine
New Mexico
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Revolving funds
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Smuggling
Tariff
Terrorism
Trade negotiations
Transportation safety
U.S. International Trade Commission
Undercover operations
User charges
X-rays

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: 
Customs and Trade Facilitation Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Establishes the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to replace the U.S. Customs Service in the Department of the Treasury.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to replace the Bureau of Border Security with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 

 

 
Provides for multilateral customs negotiations.
 
Requires the Secretary to oversee the establishment of an International Trade Data System.
 

 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to extend through FY2010 deposits in, or authorization of appropriations from, the Customs Commercial and Homeland Security Automation Account.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Commissioner of Customs (Commissioner) to establish a voluntary government-private sector Customs Industry Partnership Program.
 

 
Requires the Commissioner to develop a Trade Resumption Plan in the event of a transportation disruption.
 
Specifies required components of the Automatic Targeting System for identifying cargo for increased inspection before its clearance in the United States.
 

 

 

 

 
Requires the Commissioner to study the feasibility of developing and employing nonintrusive scanning systems in foreign ports.
 

 
Establishes within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Office of Regulations and Rulings an Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Division.
 
Requires the Commissioner to extend the hours of commercial operations at the Santa Teresa Port-of-Entry.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
 
Requires the Commissioner to establish performance indicators relating to the seizure of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals. 
 
Provides for U.S. port and terminal operator competitiveness.
 
Amends COBRA to provide for the payment of overtime for CBP employees performing customs border patrol services by charter air carriers for charter flights arriving after normal operating hours.
 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to consider an article exported and subsequently imported into the United States as retaining its identity notwithstanding that it may contain one or more essential components recovered from other such or similar U.S. exported articles.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate