Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 : Customs and Border Protection established required procedures, but agencies report little benefit from new requirements : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Yager, Loren, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Export duties on softwood.

Lumber trade--Canada.

Lumber trade.

Lumber trade--United States.

Canada--Commerce--United States.

Canada.

United States--Commerce--Canada.

United States.

Commerce.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 34 pages) : color illustrations, color map

Other Title:

Customs and Border Protection established required procedures, but agencies report little benefit from new requirements

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

In 2006, the United States and Canada signed the Softwood Lumber Agreement. The agreement, among other things, imposed export charges and quotas on Canadian lumber exports to the United States. To assist in monitoring compliance with the agreement, in 2008 Congress passed the Softwood Lumber Act, which imposed several data collection and analysis requirements on the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and required two reports from GAO. This report discusses (1) CBP's processes for meeting the act's requirements and (2) how these requirements contribute to U.S. efforts to monitor compliance with the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement. GAO issued a report in June 2009 on U.S. agency efforts to monitor compliance with the 2006 agreement. This report includes an update on these efforts. GAO analyzed information from relevant U.S. agencies, interviewed knowledgeable officials, and discussed these issues with U.S. and Canadian industry representatives. GAO recommends that the Secretary of DHS direct the Commissioner of CBP to report to Congress on how CBP plans to fulfill the requirements of the act upon the expiration of international agreements related to softwood lumber. CBP concurred with the recommendation.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Dec. 21, 2009).

"December 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-220."

OCLC:

491536473