[Federal Register: November 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 220)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2005-0036]
Customs and Border Protection Airport and Seaport Inspections
User Fee Advisory Committee
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Airport and Seaport
Inspections User Fee Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on November
30, 2005. This meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: Wednesday, November 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Customs International Briefing
Conference Room (B 1.5-10), Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20229 from 12:30 p.m.--4 p.m. Members of
the public may submit written comments at any time before or after the
meeting to the contact person for consideration by this Advisory
Committee. Written comments received by the contact person prior to the
meeting will be considered for discussion at the meeting. A transcript
of the meeting will be made available online for public viewing about
two weeks following the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roberto Williams, Office of
Finance, Room 4.5A, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20229; telephone: (202) 344-1101; e-mail: Roberto.M.Williams@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda of Meeting
The agenda of the November 30 meeting is expected to include:
1. Introduction of the Committee members;
2. Discussion of activities since last meeting;
3. Discussion of workload and financial issues;
4. Discussion of future traffic trends;
5. Discussion of specific concerns and questions of Committee
members;
6. Discussion of relevant written statements submitted in advance
by members of the public;
7. Discussion of Committee administrative issues and scheduling of
next meeting
Background on the CBP Airport and Seaport Inspections User Fee Advisory
Committee
The CBP Airport and Seaport Inspections User Fee Advisory Committee
(hereinafter the ``Advisory Committee'') was created under the
authority of Section 286(k) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of
1952, as amended by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act of
1986 [Pub. L. 99-59; enacted October 30, 1986] (8 U.S.C. 1356(k)).
Formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Airport and Seaport Inspections User Fee Advisory Committee, the
original Advisory Committee was responsible only for immigration
airport and seaport inspectional services and associated user fees. The
Executive Associate Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) chaired that advisory committee.
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 merged portions of the U.S.
Customs Service and the INS to create Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Section
1512(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred the
responsibilities of the Advisory Committee to CBP. Under CBP, the
executive Directors of Budget, Office of Finance; and Travel Security
and Facilitation, Office of Field Operations, chair the Advisory
Committee.
The Advisory Committee held its first meeting under the direction
of CBP in October 2003. A subsequent meeting was held in April 2004. It
is noted that before the creation of DHS, there was an advisory
committee called the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(COBRA) Fees Advisory Committee, which met to discuss user fee issues
related to customs inspectional services. All advisory responsibilities
previously handled by the COBRA Fees Advisory Committee have been
vested within this Advisory Committee.
In June 2005, the Advisory Committee's charter was renewed and
amended in consultation with the DHS Committee Management Officer. The
charter reflects the broader responsibilities of CBP, providing that
the Advisory Committee will give advice and recommendations on policy
and program issues relating to CBP inspectional services at airports
and seaports, whether the inspectional services relate to agriculture,
customs, or immigration functions.
Purpose of Committee
The purpose of this Advisory Committee is the performance of
advisory responsibilities pursuant to section 286(k) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1356(k) and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 1 et seq. This Advisory Committee
will advise on issues related to the performance of Airport and Seaport
agriculture, customs, and immigration inspection services. This advice
should include, but need not be limited to, the time period in which
such services should be performed, the proper number and deployment of
inspection officers, the level of fees, and the appropriateness of any
proposed fee. These responsibilities are related to the assessment of
an immigration user fee pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1356(d), the assessment of
a customs inspection user fee pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5), and the
assessment of an agriculture inspection user fee pursuant to 21 U.S.C
136a. The Advisory Committee focuses its attention on those areas of
most concern and benefit to the travel industry, the traveling public,
and the Federal Government.
Public Attendance
A limited number of members of the public may register to attend
the public session on a first-come, first-served basis per the
procedures that follow. Security requires that any member of the public
who wishes to attend the public session provide his or her name and
date of birth no later than 5 p.m. e.s.t., November 25, 2005, to Mr.
Roberto Williams via e-mail at Roberto.M.Williams@dhs.gov or via phone
at (202) 344-1101. Persons with disabilities who require special
assistance should indicate so in their admittance request and are
encouraged to indicate their desires to attend and anticipated special
needs as early as possible. Photo identification will be required for
entry into the public
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session, and everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 12:30
p.m.
Dated: November 10, 2005.
Elaine P. Killoran,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Finance, Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-22678 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]
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