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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 805
To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the administrative
exemptions under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. M
URPHYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify
the administrative exemptions under that Act.
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 ‘‘End China’s De Mini-4
mis Abuse Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS 6
UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 8
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321) is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 10
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1
(A), by striking ‘‘admit articles’’ and inserting 2
‘‘subject to subsection (b)(1), admit articles’’; 3
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 4
(i) by striking ‘‘$800’’ and inserting 5
‘‘subject to subsection (b)(2), $800’’; and 6
(ii) by striking the period at the end 7
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 8
(C) in the matter following subparagraph 9
(C), by striking ‘‘The privilege’’ and all that fol-10
lows through ‘‘; and’’; 11
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-12
section (d); and 13
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-14
lowing: 15
‘‘(b)(1) The privilege of subparagraph (A), (B), or 16
(C) of subsection (a)(2) shall not be granted in any case 17
in which merchandise covered by a single order or contract 18
is forwarded in separate lots to secure the benefit of such 19
subsection. 20
‘‘(2) The privilege of subparagraph (C) of subsection 21
(a)(2) shall not be granted with respect to any article that 22
is subject to duties or other import restrictions under any 23
of the following provisions of law: 24
‘‘(A) Subtitle A or B of title VII of this Act. 25
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‘‘(B) Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 1
U.S.C. 2251). 2
‘‘(C) Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 3
U.S.C. 2411). 4
‘‘(D) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act 5
of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862). 6
‘‘(3)(A) No covered article may receive the privilege 7
of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) unless the 10- 8
digit classification of the article under the Harmonized 9
Tariff Schedule of the United States is provided to U.S. 10
Customs and Border Protection, pursuant to an author-11
ized electronic data interchange system, as part of the 12
entry filing in accordance with section 498 of this Act, 13
in addition to any other information required by law. 14
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘covered article’ 15
means an article the origin of which is a country with any 16
goods subject to duties or other import restrictions under 17
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411). 18
‘‘(c) Any person who enters, introduces, or attempts 19
to introduce an article in violation of this section is liable 20
for a civil penalty of $5,000 for the first violation; and 21
$10,000 for each subsequent violation. A penalty imposed 22
under this subsection is in addition to any other penalty 23
authorized by law.’’. 24
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(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, 2
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 3
the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4
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