CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuses Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act of 2025 or the CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
This bill creates a system to classify countries based on compliance with international standards within their free trade zones and establishes related penalties. (Free trade zones are designated areas, typically located at or near ports, that contain production facilities and related infrastructure. Generally, these zones are treated as being outside the customs territory despite being physically located inside the geographic boundaries of countries.)
Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must identify, publish, and update a list of non-U.S. free trade zones that includes the identity, location, and administrators of each zone.
Upon publication of the list of zones, CBP must then publish a classification of the countries in which those zones are located into four tiers based on specified standards (e.g., complying with international standards and countering illicit international trade). CBP must notify the government of each country of the tier to which the country was classified and periodically review the tier classification.
The bill directs CBP to take additional actions with respect to countries classified as tier II, III, or IV, such as creating a hotline for reporting instances of illicit international trade.
The bill also establishes related penalties, such as authorizing the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that has facilitated or supported illicit international trade within a zone located in a country classified as tier II, III, or IV.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 3, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 3, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 3, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to identify and evaluate the compliance of foreign free trade zones with international standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
- Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuses Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2025Introduced in Senate
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