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Timestamp: 2014-09-17 19:52:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1411', '§ 1411', '§ 1411', '§ 411', '§ 631', '§ 2405', '§ 338', '§ 405']

19 U.S. Code § 1411 - National Customs Automation Program | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 19 › Chapter 4 › Subtitle III › Part I › Subpart b › § 1411 19 U.S. Code § 1411 - National Customs Automation Program
Establishment The Secretary shall establish the National Customs Automation Program (hereinafter in this subpart referred to as the “Program”) which shall be an automated and electronic system for processing commercial importations and shall include the following existing and planned components:
Participation in Program The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe the eligibility criteria for participation in the Program. The Secretary may, by regulation, require the electronic submission of information described in subsection (a) of this section or any other information required to be submitted to the Customs Service separately pursuant to this subpart.
Foreign-trade zones Not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary shall provide for the inclusion of commercial importation data from foreign-trade zones under the Program.
International Trade Data System (1)
In general The Secretary of the Treasury (in this subsection, referred to as the “Secretary”) shall oversee the establishment of an electronic trade data interchange system to be known as the “International Trade Data System” (ITDS). The ITDS shall be implemented not later than the date that the Automated Commercial Environment (commonly referred to as “ACE”) is fully implemented.
Purpose The purpose of the ITDS is to eliminate redundant information requirements, to efficiently regulate the flow of commerce, and to effectively enforce laws and regulations relating to international trade, by establishing a single portal system, operated by the United States Customs and Border Protection, for the collection and distribution of standard electronic import and export data required by all participating Federal agencies.
Participation (i)
Consultation The Secretary shall consult with and assist the United States Customs and Border Protection and other agencies in the transition from paper to electronic format for the submission, issuance, and storage of documents relating to data required to enter cargo into the United States. In so doing, the Secretary shall also consult with private sector stakeholders, including the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, in developing uniform data submission requirements, procedures, and schedules, for the ITDS.
Coordination The Secretary shall be responsible for coordinating the operation of the ITDS among the participating agencies and the office within the United States Customs and Border Protection that is responsible for maintaining the ITDS.
Data elements (A)
In general The Interagency Steering Committee (established under paragraph (3)) shall, in consultation with the agencies participating in the ITDS, define the standard set of data elements to be collected, stored, and shared in the ITDS, consistent with laws applicable to the collection and protection of import and export information. The Interagency Steering Committee shall periodically review the data elements in order to update the standard set of data elements, as necessary.
Commitments and obligations The Interagency Steering Committee shall ensure that the ITDS data requirements are compatible with the commitments and obligations of the United States as a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the entry and movement of cargo.
Interagency Steering Committee There is established an Interagency Steering Committee (in this section, referred to as the “Committee”). The members of the Committee shall include the Secretary (who shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each agency participating in the ITDS. The Committee shall assist the Secretary in overseeing the implementation of, and participation in, the ITDS.
Report The President shall submit a report before the end of each fiscal year to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. Each report shall include information on—
Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that agency participation in the ITDS is an important priority of the Federal Government and that the Secretary shall coordinate the operation of the ITDS closely among the participating agencies and the office within the United States Customs and Border Protection that is responsible for maintaining the ITDS.
Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as amending or modifying subsection (g) ofsection 301 of title 13.
Definition The term “Commercial Operations Advisory Committee” means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (19 U.S.C. 2071 note) or any successor committee.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 411, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 631(2),Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2188; amended Pub. L. 106–36, title II, § 2405,June 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 169; Pub. L. 107–210, div. A, title III, § 338,Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 980; Pub. L. 109–347, title IV, § 405,Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1929.)
Section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, referred to in subsec. (d)(7), is section 9503(c) ofPub. L. 100–203, which is set out as a note under section 2071 of this title.
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–210inserted second sentence and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “Participation in the Program is voluntary.”
1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–36added subsec. (c).