Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 14, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 14, 2017 to Dec 12, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Dec 14, 2017 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 24, 2018 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Dec 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2017 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Jan 22, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Dec 14, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 14, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 204, December 14, 2017, page H9940.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2261 | Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | May 20, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
