3.0.0 3741 2023-01-11T13:21:38Z 2023-01-11T13:21:38Z Senate S S 2010-08-05 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-08-05T21:03:43Z Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010 111 5393 HR 2010-09-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Related bill CRS 2010-08-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2010-08-05 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2010-09-28 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Business records Canada Caribbean area Costa Rica Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Dominican Republic El Salvador Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Free trade and trade barriers Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Guatemala Honduras Latin America Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Mexico Nicaragua North America Tariffs Trade agreements and negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2010-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2011-11-10T22:35:25Z Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010 - Requires the seizure and forfeiture of an imported textile or apparel article for which a trade preference has been claimed in cases where the importer: (1) has either misdescribed or not verified the article's country of origin; or (2) provides false information as to his or her address or does not meet certain documentation or informational requirements upon entry of an article.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) or the Secretary of the Treasury to use amounts from fines, penalties, and forfeitures of articles due to violations of the U.S. customs laws to pay for expenses related to the investigation and enforcement of such violations. Authorizes also the use of such amounts to pay for a reward of the lesser of at least 20% of that amount or $20,000 to any person who furnishes information that leads to an arrest, conviction, civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of articles due to violations enforced by the Secretary.

Directs the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure specified staffing of the Textile Operations Branch of the Textile and Apparel Policy and Programs (TAPP) division of the Office of International Trade within CBP and of the Textile/Apparel Policy Branch of TAPP.

Requires the Commissioner to allocate, to the 15 largest U.S. ports of entry for textile or apparel articles, a certain number of Import Specialists trained in preventing textile or apparel importer fraud.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require certain documentation or information from an importer upon the entry of textile or apparel articles to include an affidavit with specified information that may be electronically filed with CBP.

Prescribes additional bonding requirements for the importation of textile or apparel articles.

Specifies producers, manufacturers, suppliers, sellers, importers, exporters subject to certain prohibitions against fraud, gross negligence, or negligence in the documentation of imported merchandise.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (who is now merely authorized) to publish in the Federal Register: (1) the names of persons located outside of the U.S. customs territories against whom the CBP has issued a penalty claim for violating U.S. customs laws; and (2) a list of high risk countries involved in the transshipment of textile or apparel products.

Requires the President, acting through the CBP Commissioner and in coordination with the head of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce, to establish an electronic verification system for tracking textile or apparel articles imported or exported under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or any other free trade agreement to which the United States is a party to ensure compliance with such agreements.

Requires the President to establish a nonresident importer declaration program for the import of textile or apparel articles.

Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Office of Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement.

]]> Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010 Display Title Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relating to textile or apparel articles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3741is/xml/BILLS-111s3741is.xml 2010-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.