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HR 2261 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Administrative remedies Bankruptcy Financial services and investments

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019

Introduced: April 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Apr 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 10, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019

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

What's happening now May 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 12 Republican 4
D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jul 29, 2020
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · May 27, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Feb 10, 2020
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 16, 2019
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Oct 16, 2019
Collins, Chris
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Sep 27, 2019
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 9, 2019
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jun 19, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 21, 2019
Byrne, Bradley
· Apr 30, 2019
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Apr 10, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 10, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 10, 2019
Vela, Filemon
· Apr 10, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 10, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2261: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2261/
MLA
"H.R. 2261: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2261/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2261, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2261/.
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[H.R. 2261: Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2261/)
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