[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77140-77141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30278]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Customs Brokers User Fee Payment for 2014

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice to customs brokers that the 
annual fee of $138 that is assessed for each permit held by a broker, 
whether it may be an individual, partnership, association, or 
corporation, is due by February 21, 2014. U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection announces this date of payment for 2014 in accordance with 
the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

DATES: Payment of the 2014 Customs Broker User Fee is due February 21, 
2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Briess, Broker Management 
Branch, Office of International Trade, (202) 863-6083.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP Dec. 07-01 amended section 111.96 of 
title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 111.96(c)) pursuant 
to the amendment of section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) by section 892 of 
the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, to establish that effective 
April 1, 2007, an annual user fee of $138 is to be assessed for each 
customs broker permit and national permit held by an individual, 
partnership, association, or corporation. U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) regulations provide that this fee is payable for each 
calendar year in each broker district where the broker was issued a 
permit to do business by the due date which is published in the Federal 
Register annually. See 19 CFR 24.22(h) and (i)(9). Broker districts are 
defined in the General Notice entitled, ``Geographical Boundaries of 
Customs

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Brokerage, Cartage and Lighterage Districts'' published in the Federal 
Register on September 27, 1995 (60 FR 49971).
    Section 1893 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-514) 
provides that notices of the date on which the payment is due for each 
broker permit shall be published by the Secretary of the Treasury in 
the Federal Register no later than 60 days before such due date. Please 
note that section 403 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq., (Pub. L. 107-296) and Treasury Department Order No. 100-16 
(see Appendix to 19 CFR part 0) delegated general authority vested in 
the Secretary of the Treasury over customs revenue functions (with 
certain specified exceptions) to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
    This document notifies customs brokers that for calendar year 2014, 
the due date for payment of the user fee is February 21, 2014. It is 
anticipated that for subsequent years, the annual user fee for customs 
brokers will be due on the first business day of February of each year.

    Dated: December 16, 2013.
Richard F. DiNucci,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade.
[FR Doc. 2013-30278 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P; 9111-15-P; 9111-16-P