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S 3597 112th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Inflation and prices Tariffs

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2012

Introduced: September 20, 2012 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 20, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 for FY2013, and to $800 adjusted annually for inflation after FY2013, the aggregate retail value in the country of shipment of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.

What's happening now September 20, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 20, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3597: Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3597/
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"S. 3597: Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3597/.
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