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  • Restrictions Upon Lobbying

    by the Homeland Security Department on 03/06/2003.

    The interim final rule prohibits use of appropriated funds by recipients of a federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement to influence any federal agency or Congress in connection with federal awards and establishes the Department of Homeland Security procedures for enforcement of this prohibition.

  • Licensing and Manning for Officers of Towing Vessels

    by the Coast Guard on 06/17/2003.

    This final rule amends the rules on licensing and manning for officers of towing vessels. It makes final, minor revisions in response to comments to the several interim rules that preceded it. It will help mariners obtain the appropriate licenses and so it will increase the competence of mariners and the safety of navigation.

  • Navigation and Navigable Waters-Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments

    by the Coast Guard on 06/25/2003.

    This rule makes editorial and technical changes throughout title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to update and correct the title before it is revised on July 1, 2003. Our rule updates organization names and addresses, and makes conforming amendments and technical corrections. This rule will have no substantive effect on the regulated...

  • Territorial Seas, Navigable Waters, and Jurisdiction

    by the Coast Guard on 07/18/2003.

    This rule conforms the Coast Guard's definitions of jurisdictional terms to existing law. We have made these changes so that our regulatory definitions will reflect statutory changes and Presidential proclamations affecting our jurisdiction. These changes are intended to clarify how the Coast Guard interprets its jurisdiction to enforce...

  • Basic Rates and Charges on Lake Erie and the Navigable Waters From Southwest Shoal to Port Huron, MI

    by the Coast Guard on 07/23/2003.

    The Coast Guard is extending the effective period for the temporary final rule on basic rates and charges on Lake Erie and the navigable waters from Southwest Shoal to Port Huron, MI (District Two, Area 5), to December 24, 2003. Extension of the effective period ensures that the pilotage rates in District Two, Area 5, remain at the current rate...

  • Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information

    by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 07/23/2003.

    This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to provide that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must receive, by way of a CBP-approved electronic data interchange system, information pertaining to cargo before the cargo is either brought into or sent from the United States by any mode of commercial transportation (sea, air, rail or...

  • Civil Fines for Importation of Merchandise Bearing a Counterfeit Mark

    by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department on 07/24/2003.

    This document amends the Customs Regulations to clarify the limit on the amount of a civil fine which may be assessed by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP; a bureau of the new Department of Homeland Security that encompasses much of the agency formerly known as the U.S. Customs Service) when imported merchandise bearing a...

  • Mandatory Ballast Water Management Program for U.S. Waters

    by the Coast Guard on 07/30/2003.

    The unintentional introduction of nonindigenous species (NIS) into U.S. waters via the discharge of vessels' ballast water has had significant impacts on the nation's marine and freshwater resources, biological diversity, and coastal infrastructures. To address this continued threat, and to comply with the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance...

  • Performance of Customs Business by Parent and Subsidiary Corporations

    by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 08/11/2003.

    This document adopts as a final rule, with some changes, proposed amendments to Customs Regulations to provide that corporate compliance activity engaged in by related business entities for the purpose of exercising ``reasonable care'' is not customs business and therefore is not subject to the customs broker licensing requirements. The...

  • Transportation Security Administration Transition to Department of Homeland Security; Technical Amendments Reflecting Organizational Changes

    by the Transportation Security Administration on 08/19/2003.

    The Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred the Transportation Security Administration from the Department of Transportation to the newly created Department of Homeland Security. This rule makes conforming technical changes to various parts of the Transportation Security Regulations, chapter XII of title 49, Transportation, of the Code of...

  • Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information

    by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 12/05/2003.

    This document amends the Customs Regulations to provide that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must receive, by way of a CBP-approved electronic data interchange system, information pertaining to cargo before the cargo is either brought into or sent from the United States by any mode of commercial transportation (sea, air, rail...

  • Rates for Pilotage on the Great Lakes

    by the Coast Guard on 12/12/2003.

    This interim rule provides a partial rate adjustment for pilotage on the Great Lakes. We last adjusted the rates for pilotage on the Great Lakes in July 2001. The partial rate adjustment is being implemented while the Coast Guard completes its evaluation of issues raised in response to the NPRM and calculates a full rate adjustment.

  • Civil Monetary Penalties-Adjustments for Inflation

    by the Coast Guard on 12/23/2003.

    The Coast Guard is adjusting fines and other civil monetary penalties to reflect the impact of inflation. These adjustments are made in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

  • Publication of Administrative Forfeiture Notices

    by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 01/14/2004.

    The Customs Regulations set forth the procedure that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must follow in administrative forfeiture proceedings, as required by section 607 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. The statutory language allows for administrative forfeiture when CBP seizes: A prohibited importation; a transporting...

  • Chemical Testing

    by the Coast Guard on 02/11/2004.

    The Coast Guard is revising its chemical drug testing regulations to conform with the Department of Transportation's (DOT) final rule concerning Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Reporting published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2003. The DOT rule consolidated the 21 different Management Information System (MIS) forms into one...

  • Training and Qualifications for Personnel on Passenger Ships

    by the Coast Guard on 06/10/2004.

    This final rule adopts without changes the interim rule published on October 30, 2002, which established requirements of training and certification for masters, certain licensed officers, and certain crewmembers on most vessels inspected under subchapter H, T, or K. It is intended to help reduce human error, improve the ability of crewmembers to...

  • Penalties for Non-Submission of Ballast Water Management Reports

    by the Coast Guard on 06/14/2004.

    The Coast Guard finalizes regulations for vessels equipped with ballast water tanks bound for ports or places within the United States. These regulations establish penalty provisions for vessels that fail to submit a ballast water management (BWM) report. Penalty provisions are also established for vessels bound for the Great Lakes or portions...

  • Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments

    by the Coast Guard on 06/23/2004.

    This rule makes non-substantive changes throughout the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this rule is to update organization names and addresses and make conforming amendments and technical corrections to Coast Guard navigation and navigable water regulations. This rule will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.

  • Mandatory Ballast Water Management Program for U.S. Waters

    by the Coast Guard on 07/28/2004.

    The Coast Guard is requiring mandatory ballast water management practices for all vessels equipped with ballast water tanks bound for ports or places within the U.S. or entering U.S. waters. This rule will increase the Coast Guard's ability to protect U.S. waters against the unintentional introduction of nonindigenous species via ballast water...

  • Employment Authorization Documents

    by the Homeland Security Department on 07/30/2004.

    This interim rule amends Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) regulations governing issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). Through this rule, BCIS will now establish EAD validity periods based on certain criteria, including: The applicant's immigration status; general processing time for the underlying...