HR 313
111th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Bankruptcy
Financial services and investments
Tariffs
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 8, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 8, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends bankruptcy law to establish an 11th priority in a debtor's relief plan for the payment of unsecured claims of customs brokers and sureties for duties, taxes, or other charges paid by them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of a debtor that imports merchandise entered for consumption within one year before the debtor's filing of a petition for relief.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1