[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21350-21351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09899]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2019-0013]
Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Laredo,
Texas. The meeting will be open to the public to attend either in
person or via webinar.
DATES: The COAC will meet on Thursday, May 30, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT). Please note that the meeting
may close early if the committee has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Laredo College, Falcon Bank
Executive Conference Room, 1 West End Washington Street, Laredo, Texas
78040. For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office of Trade Relations, U.S. Customs &
Border Protection, at (202) 344-1440 as soon as possible.
Pre-Registration: Meeting participants may attend either in person
or via webinar after pre-registering using one of the methods indicated
below:
For members of the public who plan to attend the meeting in person,
please register by 5:00 p.m. EDT May 29, 2019, either: online at
https://teregistration.cbp.gov/index.asp?w=154; by email to
[email protected]; or by fax to (202) 325-4290. You must register
prior to the meeting in order to attend the meeting in person.
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For CBP personnel who plan to attend in person, please register
online by 5:00 p.m. EDT May 29, 2019, at https://teregistration.cbp.gov/index.asp?w=153.
For members of the public who plan to participate via webinar,
please register online at https://teregistration.cbp.gov/index.asp?w=155 by 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 29, 2019.
Please feel free to share this information with other interested
members of your organization or association.
Members of the public who are pre-registered to attend and later
need to cancel, please do so by May 29, 2019, utilizing the following
links: https://teregistration.cbp.gov/cancel.asp?w=154 to cancel an in-
person registration; or use https://teregistration.cbp.gov/cancel.asp?w=155 to cancel a webinar registration. For CBP personnel
who are registered to attend in person and later need to cancel, please
do so by utilizing the following link: https://teregistration.cbp.gov/cancel.asp?w=153.
To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment
on the issues the committee will consider prior to the formulation of
recommendations as listed in the Agenda section below.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than May 29, 2019,
and must be identified by Docket No. USCBP-2019-0013, and may be
submitted by one (1) of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number in
the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 325-4290, Attention Florence Constant-Gibson.
Mail: Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office of Trade
Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number (USCBP-2019-
0013) for this action. Comments received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov. Please do not submit personal
information to this docket.
Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket Number
USCBP-2019-0013. To submit a comment, click the ``Comment Now!'' button
located on the top right-hand side of the docket page.
There will be multiple public comment periods held during the
meeting on May 30, 2019. Speakers are requested to limit their comments
to two (2) minutes or less to facilitate greater participation. Contact
the individual listed below to register as a speaker. Please note that
the public comment period for speakers may end before the time
indicated on the schedule that is posted on the CBP web page, http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office
of Trade Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229; telephone
(202) 344-1440; facsimile (202) 325-4290; or Mr. Bradley Hayes,
Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer at (202) 344-1440.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. The Commercial
Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) provides advice to the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on matters
pertaining to the commercial operations of CBP and related functions
within the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of the
Treasury.
Agenda
The COAC will hear from the current subcommittees on the topics
listed below and then will review, deliberate, provide observations,
and formulate recommendations on how to proceed:
1. The Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee will provide an
update on the status of the Emerging Technologies Working Group's use
of blockchain to address challenges faced by both the government and
the trade in today's complex commercial environment. The discussion
will highlight the Intellectual Property Rights Blockchain Proof of
Concept Project as well as discuss other upcoming projects, including a
day-long event that will solicit additional ideas for blockchain
concepts that could be tested in the future. Finally, the subcommittee
will provide recommendations regarding blockchain proofs of concept.
2. The Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee will present a summary of
the activities of the Trusted Trader Working Group including results of
the May 8th and 9th face-to-face meeting with Trusted Trader Pilot
participants. The subcommittee will deliver an update on the progress
of the In-Bond Working Group's recommendation for the enhancement of
the CBP In-bond program, the development of in-bond regulations, and
enhancements to existing in-bond guidelines. The subcommittee will
deliver an update on the launch of the new Export Modernization Working
Group which will be developing recommendations for CBP's expansion of
current export pilots, regulatory changes that will mandate the use of
electronic export manifest, and the expansion of post departure filing
to new participants.
3. The Intelligent Enforcement Subcommittee will report on the work
that has been conducted by the Intellectual Property Rights, Anti-
Dumping and Countervailing Duty, and Bond Working Groups.
4. The Rapid Response Subcomittee will provide an update on its
collaboration with CBP on furthering the strategic approach to the 21st
Century Customs Framework.
Meeting materials will be available by May 28, 2019, at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings.
Dated: May 9, 2019.
Bradley F. Hayes,
Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations.
[FR Doc. 2019-09899 Filed 5-13-19; 8:45 am]
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