Sec. 215. Importer of record program
221 words·~1 min read·
/bill/113/s/662/is/section-215A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an importer of record program to assign and maintain importer of record numbers. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, as part of the importer of record program, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency— develops criteria that importers must meet in order to obtain an importer of record number; provides a process by which importers are assigned importer of record numbers; maintains a centralized database of importer of record numbers, including a history of importer of record numbers associated with each importer; evaluates the accuracy of the database on a regular basis; and takes measures to ensure that duplicate importer of record numbers are not issued to the same importer.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the importer of record program established under subsection (a). In this subsection, the term number , with respect to an importer of record, means a filing identification number described in section 24.5 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation).