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HR 4657 115th Congress House

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code, to allow full subrogation, including subrogation to the priority rights of the United States, of claims for the payment of customs duties.

Introduced: January 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative remediesBankruptcyFinancial services and investments
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Dec 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 14, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017

This bill modifies the treatment of claims by customs brokers for unpaid customs duties in chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy proceedings.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Byrne, Bradley
· Dec 12, 2018
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 24, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 7, 2018
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· May 7, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 14, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 14, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 14, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4657: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4657/
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"H.R. 4657: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4657/.
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H.R. 4657, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4657/.
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