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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1259 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the public disclosure of certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | vehicle and aircraft manifest information. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASSIDY(for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Ms. CORTEZMASTO) intro- |
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| 11 | 11 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 12 | 12 | | mittee on Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the public |
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| 15 | 15 | | disclosure of certain vehicle and aircraft manifest infor- |
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| 16 | 16 | | mation. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Manifest Moderniza-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tion Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | MANIFEST INFORMATION. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Section 431 of the Tariff Act of 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1259 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lows: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Each of the following shall have 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | a manifest that complies with the requirements prescribed 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | under subsection (d): 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) Every vessel required to make entry under 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | section 434 or obtain clearance under section 60105 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of title 46, United States Code. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) Every vehicle arriving in the United States 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | as described under section 433. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(3) Every aircraft arriving in the United 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | States as described under section 433.’’; and 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (2)’’ and all 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | that follows through ‘‘public disclosure’’ and in-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | serting ‘‘paragraph (2), when included in a ves-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sel, vehicle, or aircraft manifest, the following 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | information shall be available for public disclo-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | sure’’; 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘and each subheading of the Harmonized Tariff 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Schedule of the United States under which the 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cargo is classified’’ before the period at the end; 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 1259 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘ves-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | sel, aircraft, or carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘vessel, 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | vehicle, or aircraft’’; and 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (D) in subparagraph (G), by striking 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘country of origin of the shipment’’ and insert-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ing ‘‘country of origin of the cargo and the last 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | country through which the cargo was trans-7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ported by the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft’’. 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) D |
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| 67 | 67 | | EFINITION OFAIRCRAFT.—Section 401 of the 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by add-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ing at the end the following: 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(u) A |
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| 71 | 71 | | IRCRAFT.—The term ‘aircraft’ means a civil, 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | military, or public contrivance invented, used, or designed 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | to navigate, fly, or travel in the air.’’. 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (c) A |
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| 75 | 75 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to each vessel, 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | vehicle, and aircraft arriving in the United States on or 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enact-18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ment of this Act. 19 |
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