COBRA FTA

What this funds

Section 32201(b) of the FAST Act authorizes that these inflationary portions shall be available for reimbursement of customs services and inspections costs and shall be available until expended only to the extent provided in appropriations Acts. Fee Uses: COBRA FTA fees are deposited in the Customs User Fee Account, which is a no-year fund, and are available only to the extent provided in annual appropriations acts. Section 203 of Division C of the FY 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. Law 118-47) made COBRA FTA collections available for obligation in FY 2024. COBRA FTA fees are used to recover costs incurred processing air and sea passengers from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and adjacent islands. Change Mechanism: COBRA fees, including COBRA FTA, are set legislatively and any rate adjustments require a statutory change to 19 U.S.C. ' 58c. Congress can adjust the fee rates or give CBP the ability to adjust fee rates within specified parameters. Additionally, Section 32201 of the FAST Act amended 19 U.S.C. ' 58c by requiring certain customs COBRA user fees to increase rates in concert with inflation and making the use of any The Budget adjusts the Operations & Support topline to account for access to FAST Act revenue from COBRA Customs User Fees. This shifts funding for 740 full-time equivalents (FTE) from appropriated funding to user fees. Previous Changes: The table below lists the applicable COBRA rates published in the Federal Register July 2025 and are effective as of October 1, 2025. The rates are adjusted for inflation at the start of the fiscal year in alignment with the FAST Act. Commercial Vessel Passenger - Exempt (from one of the territories and possessions of $2.59 Recovery Rate: COBRA includes a hierarchy that identifies the costs that may be reimbursed using COBRA fees, including COBRA FTA. As defined in the authorizing language, the hierarchy for use of COBRA collections for reimbursement is as follows: (4) Foreign language proficiency awards; and

Extracted from Customs and Border Protection, p. 9. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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101 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

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