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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 322
5	5	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to de minimis treatment under
6	6	that Act.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY9, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	UOZZI(for himself and Mr. DUNNof Florida) introduced the following
11	11	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to de minimis
14	14	treatment under that Act.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Import Security and 4
19	19	Fairness Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS TO EXEMPTIONS FOR DE 6
21	21	MINIMIS TREATMENT UNDER THE TARIFF 7
22	22	ACT OF 1930. 8
23	23	Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 9
24	24	1321) is amended— 10
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28	28	(1) in subsection (a)— 1
29	29	(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 2
30	30	by striking ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and inserting 3
31	31	‘‘(a) I
32	32	NGENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 4
33	33	(B) in paragraph (2)— 5
34	34	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 6
35	35	‘‘$800’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided 7
36	36	in subsection (b)(1), $800’’; and 8
37	37	(ii) in the matter following subpara-9
38	38	graph (C), as so amended, by striking 10
39	39	‘‘subdivision (2)’’ each place it appears and 11
40	40	inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and 12
41	41	(2) by striking ‘‘(b) The Secretary’’ and insert-13
42	42	ing the following: 14
43	43	‘‘(b) E
44	44	XCEPTIONS.— 15
45	45	‘‘(1) I
46	46	N GENERAL.—An article may not be ad-16
47	47	mitted free of duty or tax under the authority pro-17
48	48	vided by subsection (a)(2)(C) if the country of origin 18
49	49	of such article, or the country from which such arti-19
50	50	cle is shipped, is— 20
51	51	‘‘(A) a nonmarket economy country (as 21
52	52	such term is defined in section 771(18)); and 22
53	53	‘‘(B) a country included in the priority 23
54	54	watch list (as such term is defined in section 24
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58	58	182(g)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 1
59	59	2242(g)(3))). 2
60	60	‘‘(2) O
61	61	THER EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary’’. 3
62	62	SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELAT-4
63	63	ING TO DE MINIMIS TREATMENT UNDER THE 5
64	64	TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 6
65	65	(a) A
66	66	DMINISTRATIVEEXEMPTIONS.—Section 321 of 7
67	67	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321), as amended by 8
68	68	section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the 9
69	69	following: 10
70	70	‘‘(c) S
71	71	UBMISSION OFDOCUMENTATION AND INFOR-11
72	72	MATION.— 12
73	73	‘‘(1) I
74	74	N GENERAL.—For any articles that may 13
75	75	qualify for an administrative exemption pursuant to 14
76	76	subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury 15
77	77	shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the 16
78	78	enactment of the Import Security and Fairness Act, 17
79	79	prescribe regulations to require the submission, 18
80	80	transmission, or otherwise making available of such 19
81	81	documentation or information to U.S. Customs and 20
82	82	Border Protection as the Secretary determines is 21
83	83	reasonably necessary for U.S. Customs and Border 22
84	84	Protection to determine the eligibility of such arti-23
85	85	cles to qualify for such exemption. 24
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89	89	‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—The regula-1
90	90	tions prescribed under paragraph (1)— 2
91	91	‘‘(A) shall require that documentation or 3
92	92	information with respect to an article described 4
93	93	in that paragraph include, at a minimum— 5
94	94	‘‘(i) a description of the article; 6
95	95	‘‘(ii) the appropriate classification of 7
96	96	the article under the Harmonized Tariff 8
97	97	Schedule of the United States; 9
98	98	‘‘(iii) the country of origin of the arti-10
99	99	cle; 11
100	100	‘‘(iv) the country from which the arti-12
101	101	cle is shipped; 13
102	102	‘‘(v) the identity of the shipper; 14
103	103	‘‘(vi) the identity of the importer; and 15
104	104	‘‘(vii) the transaction value of the ar-16
105	105	ticle in the United States; and 17
106	106	‘‘(B) may provide that such documentation 18
107	107	or information include other documentation or 19
108	108	information regarding the offer for sale or pur-20
109	109	chase, or the subsequent sale, purchase, trans-21
110	110	portation, importation or warehousing of an ar-22
111	111	ticle described in paragraph (1), including such 23
112	112	documentation or information relating to the of-24
113	113	fering of the article for sale or purchase in the 25
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117	117	United States through a commercial or mar-1
118	118	keting platform, including an electronic com-2
119	119	mercial or marketing platform. 3
120	120	‘‘(3) V
121	121	ERACITY OF DOCUMENTATION AND IN -4
122	122	FORMATION.— 5
123	123	‘‘(A) I
124	124	N GENERAL.—The regulations pre-6
125	125	scribed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide 7
126	126	that— 8
127	127	‘‘(i) the documentation or information 9
128	128	described in that paragraph is true and 10
129	129	correct to the best of the knowledge and 11
130	130	belief of the party submitting, transmit-12
131	131	ting, or otherwise making available such 13
132	132	documentation or information, subject to 14
133	133	any penalties authorized by law; or 15
134	134	‘‘(ii) if such party is not able to rea-16
135	135	sonably verify whether such documentation 17
136	136	or information is true and correct to the 18
137	137	best of the knowledge and belief of the 19
138	138	party, such documentation or information 20
139	139	may be submitted, transmitted, or other-21
140	140	wise made available on the basis of what 22
141	141	the party reasonably believes to be true 23
142	142	and correct. 24
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146	146	‘‘(B) USE FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE .— 1
147	147	Such documentation or information may be 2
148	148	used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 3
149	149	for any lawful purpose. 4
150	150	‘‘(4) C
151	151	IVIL PENALTIES.—Any person who vio-5
152	152	lates the regulations prescribed pursuant to para-6
153	153	graph (1) is liable for a civil penalty of $5,000 for 7
154	154	the first violation, and $10,000 for each subsequent 8
155	155	violation. A penalty imposed under this paragraph is 9
156	156	in addition to any other penalty provided by law. 10
157	157	‘‘(d) I
158	158	MPORTATIONS INVOLVINGSUSPENDED OR 11
159	159	D
160	160	EBARREDPERSONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury is 12
161	161	authorized to prescribe regulations to authorize exceptions 13
162	162	to any administrative exemption pursuant to subsection 14
163	163	(a) for any articles the importation of which is caused or 15
164	164	otherwise facilitated by any person suspended or debarred 16
165	165	from doing business with the Federal Government at the 17
166	166	time of the importation.’’. 18
167	167	(b) E
168	168	XAMINATION OF MERCHANDISE.—Section 19
169	169	499(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1499(c)) is 20
170	170	amended— 21
171	171	(1) by striking ‘‘the Customs Service’’ each 22
172	172	place it appears and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and 23
173	173	Border Protection’’; and 24
174	174	(2) in paragraph (2)— 25
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178	178	(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 1
179	179	Customs Service’’ and inserting the following: 2
180	180	‘‘(A) I
181	181	N GENERAL.—U.S. Customs and 3
182	182	Border Protection’’; 4
183	183	(B) in the second sentence— 5
184	184	(i) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 6
185	185	the following: 7
186	186	‘‘(B) I
187	187	NFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED .— 8
188	188	The’’; and 9
189	189	(ii) by redesignating the subsequent 10
190	190	subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) 11
191	191	as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), re-12
192	192	spectively, and moving such clauses, as re-13
193	193	designated, 2 ems to the right; and 14
194	194	(C) by adding at the end the following: 15
195	195	‘‘(C) A
196	196	DDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELAT -16
197	197	ING TO MERCHANDISE THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR 17
198	198	CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS .— 18
199	199	‘‘(i) I
200	200	N GENERAL.—In a case in which 19
201	201	U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 20
202	202	made a decision to detain merchandise that 21
203	203	may qualify for an administrative exemp-22
204	204	tion pursuant to section 321(a)(2)(C), U.S. 23
205	205	Customs and Border Protection shall issue 24
206	206	such notice to each party that U.S. Cus-25
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210	210	toms and Border Protections determines 1
211	211	may have an interest in the detained mer-2
212	212	chandise, based on information reasonably 3
213	213	available to U.S. Customs and Border Pro-4
214	214	tection, in such form and manner as the 5
215	215	Secretary of the Treasury shall by regula-6
216	216	tion prescribe. 7
217	217	‘‘(ii) V
218	218	OLUNTARY ABANDONMENT OF 8
219	219	MERCHANDISE.—In the case of merchan-9
220	220	dise described in clause (i), such notice 10
221	221	shall also advise each such interested party 11
222	222	that, in lieu of supplying information to 12
223	223	U.S. Customs and Border Protection in ac-13
224	224	cordance with subparagraph (B)(v), the in-14
225	225	terested parties may voluntarily abandon 15
226	226	the merchandise. 16
227	227	‘‘(iii) A
228	228	BANDONMENT OR EXPORT DUE 17
229	229	TO LACK OF RESPONSE .—If U.S. Customs 18
230	230	and Border Protection does not receive a 19
231	231	response from each interested party in 20
232	232	merchandise described in clause (i) within 21
233	233	30 days of the date on which such notice 22
234	234	is issued to the interested parties, the mer-23
235	235	chandise may— 24
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239	239	‘‘(I) be denied entry and be per-1
240	240	mitted to be exported, with the im-2
241	241	porter responsible for paying all ex-3
242	242	penses of exportation; or 4
243	243	‘‘(II) be deemed to be abandoned, 5
244	244	in which case title to such merchan-6
245	245	dise shall be vested in the United 7
246	246	States and the merchandise shall be 8
247	247	disposed of in accordance with law.’’. 9
248	248	SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 10
249	249	The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 11
250	250	respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 12
251	251	for consumption, on or after the 180th day after the date 13
252	252	of the enactment of this Act. 14
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