[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 40727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16533]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Revision to a Privacy Act System of Records 
Routine Use.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. 552a, the U.S. Customs Service gives notice of an alteration to 
the system of records, Treasury/Customs .244--Treasury Enforcement 
Communications System (TECS).

DATES: Comments must be received no later than July 31, 2000. This 
altered system of records will be effective August 9, 2000, unless 
comments are received which result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments (preferably in triplicate) may be submitted to the 
Office of Regulations and Rulings, Disclosure Law Branch, U.S. Customs 
Service, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20229. Comments 
will be available for inspection and copying at the Disclosure Law 
Branch, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Kramer, Chief Disclosure Law 
Branch, Office of Regulations and Rulings, U.S. Customs Service, Room 
3.4C, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 
DC 20229, (202) 927-1251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice adding a routine use to Treasury/
Customs .244--Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS) was 
published on March 25, 1999, at 64 FR 14500. The revision to routine 
use (6) will clear up any uncertainty caused by the current wording of 
the routine use and more clearly describe the direct exchange of the 
information to NCMEC.
    The altered system of records report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 
552a(r) of the Privacy Act, has been submitted to the Committee on 
Government Reform in the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs in the Senate, and the Office of Management and 
Budget, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB Circular A-130, ``Federal Agency 
Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' dated 
February 8, 1996.
    The alteration to routine use (6) found in Treasury/Customs .244--
Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS) is as follows:
Treasury/Customs .244

System name:
    Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS)--Treasury/
Customs.
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Description of change:
    Delete the current language of routine use (6) and insert the 
following:

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
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    (6) To provide passenger archive information and other TECS data 
relevant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
(NCMEC) investigation through Department of the Treasury law 
enforcement officers to personnel of the NCMEC to assist in 
investigations of missing or exploited children.
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    Dated: June 22, 2000.
Shelia Y. McCann,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).
[FR Doc. 00-16533 Filed 6-29-00; 8:45 am]
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