[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 40282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16952]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection


New Date for October 2003 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 Customs and Border Protection has 
changed the date on which the semi-annual written examination for an 
individual's broker's license will be held in October 2003.

DATES: The customs broker's license examination scheduled for October 
2003 will be held on Tuesday, October 7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Buchanan, Office of Field 
Operations (202-927-2673).

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 the Customs 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, including the qualifications required of applicants and the 
procedures for applying for licenses and permits. Section 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. Section 111.13 sets forth the requirements and 
procedures for the written examination for an individual broker's 
license. Paragraph (b) of Sec.  111.13 concerns the date and place of 
the examination and, prior to the recent amendment to the Customs 
Regulations discussed below, provided that written customs broker 
license examinations were given on the first Monday in April and 
October.
    Recognizing that the first Monday in October 2003 (October 6) 
coincides with the observance of Yom Kippur, Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register (68 FR 31976) on May 
29, 2003, an interim rulemaking allowing for the adoption of 
alternative examination dates in order to avoid conflicts with national 
holidays, religious observances, and other foreseeable events. Section 
111.13(b) was amended to provide that CBP, in those circumstances, 
could publish a notice in the Federal Register changing the examination 
date from its usual timing. Accordingly, this document announces that 
CBP has scheduled the October 2003 customs broker's license examination 
for Tuesday, October 7.

    Dated: June 30, 2003.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 03-16952 Filed 7-3-03; 8:45 am]
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