Northern Border Trade Facilitation Act

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Authorization of Appropriations for the United

States Customs Service for Enhanced Inspection and Trade

Facilitation Along the United States-Canadian Border

Title II: Additional Preclearance Activities

Northern Border Trade Facilitation Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations for the United States Customs Service for Enhanced Inspection and Trade Facilitation Along the United States-Canadian Border - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Customs Service for FY 2000 and 2001 for: (1) additional inspectors and special agents during peak hours along the U.S.-Canadian border; and (2) acquisition and deployment of cargo inspection equipment (including maintenance and support of such equipment, training of personnel, and for new technologies) along such border.

Title II: Additional Preclearance Activities - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to continue, indefinitely, the use of customs user fees (to the extent funds remain available after making certain reimbursements) for salaries for up to 50 full-time equivalent inspectional positions to provide preclearance customs services.

Decreases from $6.50 to $5 the customs user fee charged to each passenger that arrives aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the U.S. customs (except $1.75 shall be charged to each passenger aboard a commercial vessel that arrives from Canada, Mexico, a U.S. territory or possession, or an adjacent island). Earmarks a specified amount of certain customs user fees to the Customs Service for automated commercial systems.

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