[Federal Register: July 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 129)]
[Notices]
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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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