[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42942-42943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17780]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
New Date for the October 2019 Customs Broker's License
Examination
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection has changed the date on which the semi-annual examination
for an individual broker's license will be held in October 2019.
DATES: The customs broker's license examination scheduled for October
2019 will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Mitchell, Director, Commercial
Operations, Revenue and Entry, Office of Trade, (202) 325-6532, or
[email protected].
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 brokers' licenses and permits, and
provides for the taking of disciplinary action against brokers that
have engaged in specified types of infractions. This section also
provides that an examination may be conducted to assess an applicant's
qualifications for a license.
The regulations issued under the authority of section 641 are set
forth in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 111 (19 CFR
111). Part 111 sets forth the regulations regarding the licensing of,
and granting of permits to, persons desiring to transact customs
business as customs brokers. These
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regulations also include the qualifications required of applicants and
the procedures for applying for licenses and permits. Section 111.11 of
the CBP regulations (19 CFR 111.11) sets forth the basic requirements
for a broker's license, and in paragraph (a)(4) of that section
provides that an applicant for an individual broker's license must
attain a passing grade (75 percent or higher) on a written examination.
Section 111.13 of the CBP regulations (19 CFR 111.13) sets forth
the requirements and procedures for the written examination for an
individual broker's license and states that written customs broker's
license examinations will be given on the fourth Wednesday in April and
October unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts with
a national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable event.
Due to an unforeseen impediment to optimal conditions for
administering the test, CBP has decided to change the regularly
scheduled date of the examination. This document announces that CBP has
scheduled the October 2019 customs broker's license examination for
Thursday, October 17, 2019.
Dated: August 12, 2019.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2019-17780 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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