CBP seeks comments on extending ACE account application requirements
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This notice keeps CBP’s information collection for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) account applications under review and asks the public to comment before OMB renews approval. It affects businesses and trade participants that use ACE to handle import, export, protest filing, vessel entrance, clearance, and related customs processes. The practical change is small: CBP is extending an existing collection, with updates that include changing “gender” to “sex” in one carrier-related section of the application. Businesses that use ACE do not face a new filing system, but they may comment on whether the requested information is necessary, clear, accurate in its burden estimates, or could be collected with less effort. Comments are due by June 8, 2026.
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Key Changes
- CBP is seeking OMB approval to extend the ACE account application information collection.
- The ACE application section for carriers and crew was updated to replace “gender” with “sex”.
- Businesses and trade users may submit comments on the need, clarity, burden, and efficiency of the information collection by June 8, 2026.
Obligations
What this law requires
Businesses seeking to establish an ACE Portal account must submit account-identifying information through the ACE Secure Data Portal, including name, employer identification number (EIN) or social security number (SSN), and, if applicable, a statement certifying their capability to connect to the internet.
Participants that do not have an ACE Portal account but want to file protests electronically must establish an ACE protest filer account through the separate ACE protest filer application and submit the required specific data elements.
Users creating a Vessel Agency Account for the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System must provide identifying information, including name, employer identification number (EIN), company address, and phone numbers, for account setup.
Any public comments or suggestions on the ACE information collection must be submitted in English through www.reginfo.gov by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or using the search function, if the commenter wants them assured of consideration.