[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29910-29911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13825]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Delayed Effective Date for Modifications of the National Customs 
Automation Program Tests Regarding Reconciliation, Post-Summary 
Corrections, and Periodic Monthly Statements

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

ACTION: Delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the effective date for the 
modifications to the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) tests 
regarding Reconciliation, Post-Summary Corrections (PSC), and Periodic 
Monthly Statements (PMS) is delayed until further notice. U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) announced these modifications in notices 
previously published in the Federal Register.

DATES: The effective date for the modifications to the reconciliation, 
PSC, and PMS NCAP tests is delayed until further notice. CBP will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing a new effective 
date for changes to these NCAP tests.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the reconciliation test program may be 
submitted at any time during the test via email, with a subject line 
identifier reading, ``Comment on Reconciliation test'', to [email protected].
    Comments concerning the PSC and PMS test programs may be submitted

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via email to Monica Crockett at [email protected] with a subject 
line identifier reading, ``Post-Summary Corrections and Periodic 
Monthly Statements.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Reconciliation: Acenitha Kennedy, Entry Summary and Revenue Branch, 
Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade at (202) 863-6064 or 
[email protected].
    PSC and PMS: For policy-related questions, contact Randy Mitchell, 
Director, Commercial Operations, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of 
Trade, at [email protected]. For technical questions related 
to ABI transmissions, contact your assigned client representative. 
Interested parties without an assigned client representative should 
direct their questions to the Client Representative Branch at (703) 
650-3500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

I. Reconciliation Test

    On December 12, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
published a notice entitled ``Modification of the National Customs 
Automation Program Test Regarding Reconciliation and Transition of the 
Test from the Automated Commercial System to the Automated Commercial 
Environment'' in the Federal Register (81 FR 89486), with an effective 
date of January 14, 2017. This notice announced modifications to the 
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test regarding 
reconciliation, and the transition of the test from the Automated 
Commercial System (ACS) to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). 
The effective date for these changes was subsequently delayed. On June 
8, 2017, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 26699) 
announcing that the effective date for the test modifications would be 
July 8, 2017.
    This notice announces that the effective date for the modifications 
to the reconciliation test and for mandatory filing of reconciliation 
entries in ACE has been delayed until further notice.

II. Post-Summary Correction and Periodic Monthly Statement Tests

    On December 12, 2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 89482) announcing plans to modify and clarify, 
effective January 14, 2017, the NCAP test regarding Post-Summary 
Correction (PSC) claims, and the NCAP test regarding Periodic Monthly 
Statements (PMS). Subsequently, on January 9, 2017, CBP published a 
second notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 2385), superseding the 
original notice. This notice announced CBP's plans to modify the PMS 
test and to modify and clarify the NCAP test regarding PSC claims to 
entry summaries that are filed in ACE. The effective date for these 
changes was subsequently delayed. On June 8, 2017, CBP published a 
notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 26699), announcing that the 
effective date for the modifications to the PSC and PMS tests would be 
July 8, 2017.
    This notice announces that the effective date for the modifications 
to the PSC and PMS tests has been delayed until further notice.

    Dated: June 26, 2017.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2017-13825 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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