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[FR Doc No: 94-7739]


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[Federal Register: March 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 24

[T.D. 94-32]

 

Ad Valorem User Fee for Imported Merchandise; Conforming 
Amendment

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document conforms the Customs Regulations to the current 
merchandise processing fee rate of 0.19 percent ad valorem applicable 
to formal entries and releases of imported merchandise occurring on or 
after October 1, 1992.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Walfish, User Fee Task Force, 
(202-927-1167).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    By a document published in the Federal Register as T.D. 92-89 on 
September 16, 1992 (57 FR 42697), in accordance with the requirements 
of Sec. 8101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 
99-509, codified as 19 U.S.C. 58c), Customs gave notice that the 
merchandise processing fee rate on formal entries and releases of 
imported merchandise was adjusted at 0.19 percent ad valorem.
    The notice indicated, among other things, that the adjusted 
merchandise processing fee rate of 0.19 percent ad valorem was 
applicable to formal entries and releases of imported merchandise 
occurring on or after October 1, 1992, and that this fee rate would 
remain in effect unless otherwise adjusted pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
58c(a)(9)(B).
    Accordingly, Customs is hereby making a routine, conforming 
amendment to Sec. 24.23(b)(1)(i)(A) of its regulations (19 CFR 
24.23(b)(1)(i)(A)), in order to reflect this previous change in the 
merchandise processing fee rate.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective Date 
Requirements, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and Executive Order 12866

    Inasmuch as this amendment merely conforms the Customs Regulations 
to existing law and practice as noted above, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), notice and public procedure thereon are unnecessary, and 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a delayed effective date is not 
required. Since this document is not subject to the notice and public 
procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553, it is not subject to the 
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
Nor does the amendment meet the criteria for a ``significant regulatory 
action'' as specified in E.O. 12866.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of this document was Russell Berger, 
Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs Service. However, personnel from other 
offices participated in its development.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 24

    Accounting, Canada, Customs duties and inspection, Financial and 
accounting procedures, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Trade 
agreements, User fees.

Amendment to the Regulations

    Part 24, Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 24), is amended as set 
forth below.

PART 24--CUSTOMS FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE

    1. The general authority for part 24 and the specific sectional 
authority for Sec. 24.23 continue to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 58a-58c, 66, 261, 267, 1202 
(General Note 17, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS)), 1450, 1624; 31 U.S.C. 9701, unless otherwise noted.
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    Section 24.23 also issued under Pub. L. 99-272, Pub. L. 99-509;
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Sec. 24.23  [Amended]

    2. In Sec. 24.23, the first sentence of paragraph (b)(1)(i)(A) is 
amended by removing ``0.17'' where appearing therein, and adding in its 
place, ``0.19''.

    Dated: March 28, 1994.
Harvey B. Fox,
Director, Office of Regulations and Rulings.
[FR Doc. 94-7739 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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