Electronic Bond Transmission

What it does

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects bonds from parties engaging in transactions or activities with CBP to adequately protect the revenue of the United States and ensure compliance with U.S. statutes and regulations. This document proposes to amend the CBP regulations to require that most bonds be transmitted to CBP electronically via a specialized system by the surety securing the bond, or by the principal on a bond secured by cash in lieu of surety. The changes proposed in this document further centralize and streamline CBP's bond program.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

31 parts of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

19 CFR 4, 19 CFR 10, 19 CFR 11, 19 CFR 12, 19 CFR 18, 19 CFR 19, 19 CFR 24, 19 CFR 54, 19 CFR 112, 19 CFR 113, 19 CFR 118, 19 CFR 122, 19 CFR 123, 19 CFR 125, 19 CFR 127, 19 CFR 128, 19 CFR 132, 19 CFR 133, 19 CFR 134, 19 CFR 141, 19 CFR 142, 19 CFR 144, 19 CFR 146, 19 CFR 147, 19 CFR 148, 19 CFR 149, 19 CFR 151, 19 CFR 162, 19 CFR 163, 19 CFR 190, 19 CFR 191

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1515-AE49, 1685-AA24 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before April 14, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCBP-2026-0199 on Regulations.gov
• Title 19 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register