Customs Business Fairness Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative 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.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2021
This bill modifies the treatment of claims by customs brokers for unpaid customs duties in chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy proceedings.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2021 to Oct 21, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jul 29, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jul 29, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jul 29, 2021 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | May 31, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 21, 2022 |
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 Jul 29, 2021 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 133, July 29, 2021, page H4294.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1453 | Customs Business Fairness Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 8, 2023 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Customs Business Fairness Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced 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.
