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H.R. 805 119th Congress House

End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act

Official title: To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the administrative exemptions under that Act.

Introduced: January 28, 2025 Introduced by: Gregory F. Murphy Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance AsiaChinaTariffsTrade restrictions
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act

This bill prohibits certain U.S. imports from receiving de minimis treatment and establishes related civil penalties. (Current law allows for U.S. imports under a de minimis threshold of $800 per shipment to enter free of tariffs, fees, and taxes.)

The bill prohibits imports from receiving de minimis treatment if those imports are subject to specified trade remedies, including

  • antidumping and countervailing duty tariffs (Subtitle A or B of Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930),
  • safeguard measures (Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974),
  • actions in response to unfair trade practices (Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974), or 
  • actions for national security purposes (Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962).

The bill requires imports from countries that are subject to trade restrictions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, in order to receive de minimis treatment, to have a 10-digit classification of the import under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that is provided to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (HTS sets out the tariff rates and statistical categories for all U.S. imports.)

The bill also establishes civil penalties for any person who enters, introduces, or attempts to introduce an import in violation of this bill.

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 Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 805: End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-805/
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"H.R. 805: End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-805/.
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