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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1453
To amend title 11 of the United States Code, to allow full subrogation,
including subrogation to the priority rights of the United States, of
claims for the payment of customs duties.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH8, 2023
Mr. G
ARBARINO(for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. BACON, and Mrs. MCBATH)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 11 of the United States Code, to allow
full subrogation, including subrogation to the priority
rights of the United States, of claims for the payment
of customs duties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Customs Business 4
Fairness Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 1
Section 507(d) of title 11, United States Code, is 2
amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subparagraph (F)’’ after 3
‘‘(a)(8)’’. 4
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT. 5
(a) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Except as provided in sub-6
section (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act 7
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 8
(b) A
PPLICATION OFAMENDMENT.—The amendment 9
made by this Act shall not apply with respect to cases com-10
menced under title 11 of the United States Code before 11
the date of the enactment of this Act. 12
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