Customs and Border Protection’s long-awaited importer security filing rule is likely to be published by the end of November, officials said. The rule reached a major milestone Nov. 6 when the White House Office of Management and Budget approved it. Now it goes to Capitol Hill for a 15-day review period by congressional committees. If lawmakers do not request revisions, the final rule should be ready for publication in the Federal Register.The approval by OMB came “consistent with changes,” but the final rule should contain no surprises, according to Customs officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the approval process has not been completed. Congressional concerns reportedly center on the economic effect of introducing a major new regulation during a recession. Congressional review of security regulations stems from a provision in the Trade Act of 2002. The same law gave Customs the authority to require cargo manifest data in advance of the arrival of goods, so it can be screened. The filing rule, popularly known as 10+2, will require importers and ocean carriers to provide 12 additional data elements that do not appear on the manifest. During the agency’s annual trade symposium last in October, Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern said that the 10+2 data was fundamental to Customs’ supply-chain security strategy.