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July 14, 2000 10:00 AM, EDT

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.

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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.

ACE would replace ACS, which is 17 years old and experiencing chronic failures, as an automated computer system for processing imports.

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.