House Panel Approves Customs Funding
The House Treasury and Postal Subcommittee on July 11 approved the long-awaited appropriations bill that includes funding for the U.S. Customs Service’s Automated Commercial Environment.
For fiscal 2001, the subcommittee approved an additional $161 million for customs automation, bringing the total for this category to $233.4 million. This includes $105 million specifically for ACE development and $123 million for life-support for the older, troubled Automated Commercial System.
The Senate Appropriations Committee still has to approve money for ACE funding for fiscal 2001. A spokesman for the panel said it may meet soon to discuss the matter.
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ACE would replace ACS, which is 17 years old and experiencing chronic failures, as an automated computer system for processing imports.
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