S. 372 115th Congress Senate

STOP Act of 2017

Official title: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 27, 2017 See on congress.gov

Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCustoms enforcementDepartment of the TreasuryGovernment information and archives

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Government liabilityInternational law and treatiesPostal serviceTariffsU.S. Postal ServiceUser charges and fees

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Feb 14, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 14, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 14, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the consignee (i.e., the entity financially responsible for the receipt of a shipment) for merchandise, excluding documents, imported through the mail into the United States. The Postmaster General must designate licensed customs brokers to file required documents or information for such shipments.

The bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to impose a customs user fee on postal shipments or any other item valued at $2,000 or less arriving at an international mail facility.

The bill amends the Trade Act of 2002 to direct the Department of the Treasury to require the Postmaster General to provide for the advanced electronic transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain information for all postal shipments by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), including postal shipments it receives from foreign postal operators.

The Postmaster General:

shall be liable for civil penalties for postal shipment violations committed by a foreign postal operator or the USPS;
may be directly or indirectly responsible for discrepancies resulting from omissions made or false information provided by a foreign postal operator or the USPS; and
shall ensure that all costs and penalties associated with complying with this bill are recouped from foreign shippers, foreign postal operators, or U.S. ultimate consignees.

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