1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and US Department of Agriculture: “Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. After funding has been restored, please allow some time for this website to become available again. For information about available government services, visit usa.gov
2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Appears to be operating, but not being updated.
3. Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce (BIS/SNAP-R): The web site appears to be operating, but is not being updated “The Federal Government is currently shut down due to a funding lapse. As a result, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is no longer accepting export license applications, classification requests (CCATS), encryption reviews, encryption registrations, or advisory opinion requests. Similarly, BIS will not be issuing any final determinations. The SNAP-R application on BIS’s Website is not available and will not reopen until the Federal Government shutdown ends. All pending export license applications, commodity classification requests, encryption reviews, encryption registrations, and advisory opinion requests will be held without action by BIS until the shutdown ends.
Applicants may request emergency processing of export license applications for national security reasons by submitting email requests to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Matthew Borman at Matthew.Borman@bis.doc.gov
The subject line of the email should read “Request for Emergency License” and the email must identify the applicant (including point of contact), intermediate and ultimate consignees, and end user(s), items, end use, and national security justification for the emergency processing.” “Due to Congress’s failure to pass legislation to fund the government, SNAP-R will no longer accept new license applications, commodity classifications, and agricultural license exception notifications submissions.”
4. Consumer Product Safety Commission: “This site will only be updated with information about imminent risks during the government shutdown.” Otherwise as at Sept. 30, 2013.
5. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed.” Search tools such as CROSS (rulings), IPRS (trademarks and copyrights) and the ADD/CVD Search sites are available as they were on September 30, 2013.
6. Department of Commerce: Main site “The Federal Government is currently shut down. This website was last updated on October 1, 2013 and will not be updated until it reopens; as such, information on it may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until after appropriations are enacted.”
7. Department of the Treasury: Main site: “In the event of a government shutdown many pages and documents on the Department of the Treasury’s website, www.treasury.gov, will not be updated. However, the following areas will continue to receive regular updates:
• Financial Sanctions, including the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List)
• Financial Stability / FinancialStability.gov
• Interest Rate Statistics
• Investor Class Auction Allotments
• Quarterly Refunding
• Treasury International Capital System (TIC)
• Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)
• Office of Financial Research (OFR)
• Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF)
• State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
For a complete list of the Treasury Department’s functions and services that will continue during a government shutdown, please refer to the Treasury Department’s Lapse in Appropriations Contingency Plans. This source contains the plans for Departmental Offices as well as all of the Treasury Bureaus.
Please be aware the remaining information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via this website may not be processed, and Treasury personnel may not be able to respond to questions or requests.
Once funding has been restored and the government shutdown is over, we will work to restore regular service as soon as possible.”
8. Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Department of State: “Government Shutdown Guidance: The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will be open for normal operations at least through Friday, October 4, 2013. However, other agencies involved in the review of licenses are operating on very limited status and only reviewing licenses directly in support of ongoing combat or contingency operations. Staffing shortages in the U.S. Government also will affect requests for Commodity Jurisdiction determinations. Other regular functions of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, such as requests for new or renewing registrations, will continue under normal conditions until further notice. For consideration of licenses to support military, humanitarian or other emergencies as determined by DDTC, please email Lisa Aguirre at AguirreLV@state.gov. The subject line of your email should read “Request for Emergency License” and the message must include the applicant name and registration code, the end-use/end-user, justification for needing an emergency license, and a point of contact. The Directorate will contact the requestor with guidance on how to proceed if the request will be honored.”
9. Federal Trade Commission: “Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission closed due to suspension of activities and government services.”
• Premerger Notification Office of the FTC will be open and will accept submissions HSR.
• Consumers can submit requests under the FOIA, but not processed during the suspension.
• Consumers can not complain or register on the Do Not Call Registry.
• All workshops, roundtables, hearings and public lectures are postponed until further notice.
• We hope soon to restart our activities.
10. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Appears to be operating, but not being updated.
11. International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce: Message: “Due to the lapse in government funding, the International Trade Administration website you are trying to reach will be unavailable until appropriations are enacted. We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Filings
Due to the expiration of current appropriations, Enforcement and Compliance (formerly, Import Administration) intends to uniformly toll all administrative deadlines related to the administration of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws for the duration of the shutdown of the United States Government. These include deadlines for preliminary and final determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and administrative reviews and those for all actions by parties to these proceedings.
Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System
For steel import licensing customers, as required by the lapse of appropriations, the online steel licensing system has been temporarily suspended and the computer system closed. However, you will need a license number to complete customs entry summary processes.
If you have already obtained a license for your incoming shipment, you must use that license number for your customs paperwork.
If you have not yet obtained a steel import license, please send an email to steel.license@trade.gov.
For import-related concerns or questions, please contact your local Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office.
Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at http://www.usa.gov.”
12. International Trade Commission (USITC): “The U.S. International Trade Commission will shut down its investigative activities for the duration of the absence of appropriation. These activities include, but are not limited to, proceedings conducted under the authority of Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, including antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and reviews; investigations and ancillary proceedings conducted under the authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930; and investigations conducted under the authority of section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Investigations tolled
During shutdown, the schedules and deadlines for all investigative and pre-institution activities will be tolled. All hearings and conferences will be postponed, subject to the exceptions described below. Once the Commission receives funding and the period of the shutdown ends, all schedules will resume starting with the day on which the Commission recommences operations. For example, if the shutdown lasts four days (e.g., October 1-4), then the deadline for the filing of any document on October 4 would be extended four days to October 8. If a rescheduled deadline falls on a nonbusiness day, the deadline will be extended to the next business day. The agency may reconsider schedules after resuming operations.
Exceptions
Notwithstanding the general tolling of schedules:
• The staff conferences in preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations scheduled to take place on October 7, 2013 and October 9, 2013 will take place as scheduled if the Commission resumes operations by October 3, 2013. Should the shutdown not end before October 3, 2013, all conferences will be rescheduled pursuant to the general tolling provisions described above.
• The hearing in the Hot-Rolled Steel five-year reviews scheduled for October 3, 2013 will take place as scheduled if the Commission resumes operations by October 2, 2013. Otherwise, this hearing will be rescheduled upon further notice.
• The hearing for Investigation No. 332-541, Trade Barriers that U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Perceive as Affecting Exports to the European Union, scheduled to take place on October 8, 2013 will take place as scheduled if the Commission resumes operations by October 3, 2013. Otherwise, this hearing will be rescheduled upon further notice.
Website
• During shutdown, the online services provided on the Commission’s World Wide Web site, at www.usitc.gov, will be unavailable. This includes:
• USITC website
• EDIS
• DataWeb
• HTS Online Reference Tool
• All phone communication with USITC staff
• Restoration of service is expected as quickly as possible after appropriations become available.”
13. Office of Foreign Assets Control – Sanctions Programs and Information: appears to be operating as at September 30, including “Automated Blocking and Reject Reporting” website.
a) OFAC Licensing website: “NOTICE : The Federal Government is currently closed. Applications submitted through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) online License Application System during this time will NOT be processed. You may submit your application online upon the re-opening of the Federal Government, and it will be processed at that time.”
14. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): “SEC Operating Status: The SEC is open and operational during the federal government’s lapse in appropriations. Any changes to the SEC’s operational status will be announced on this website. The operational plan in the event of an SEC shutdown at a later date is available here.” Website appears to be operating normally.
15. Terrorism and Illicit Finance Resource Center: appears to be operating as at September 30.
