U.S. Customs and Border Protection January 7, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces modifications and clarifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) voluntary National Customs Automation Program eBond test, scheduled to deploy January 3, 2015. This test provides for the transmission in Automated Commercial Environment of electronic bond contracts (eBonds) between principals and sureties, with CBP as third-party beneficiary, for the purpose of linking those eBonds to the transactions they are intended to secure. The modifications and clarifications to CBP's eBond test concern: The method by which continuous bonds executed prior to or outside of the eBond test may be converted to eBonds by the surety and principal; a surety or principal's ability to terminate an eBond; the identification of the principal on an eBond by the filing identification number; and an email address correction.