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HR 313 111th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Financial services and investments Tariffs

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009

Introduced: January 8, 2009 Introduced by: Cuellar, Henry Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jan 8, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 8, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 8, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 28, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 313: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-313/
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"H.R. 313: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-313/.
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H.R. 313, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-313/.
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