H.R. 7979, End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act

3.0.0 7979 2025-05-27T14:12:11Z 2025-05-27T14:12:11Z House H HR 2024-04-15 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MURPHY:H.R. 7979.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Reforming De Minimis[Page H2397]</pre> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Reported By 2024-12-24T15:52:34Z Markup By 2024-04-17T18:34:00Z Referred To 2024-04-15T16:00:40Z H. Rept. 118-948 2024-12-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 797. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions 2024-12-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-948. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2024-12-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-948. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2024-04-17 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18. Committee 2024-04-17 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2024-04-15 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2024-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2024-04-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001210 Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] Gregory Murphy R NC F. 3 N D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2024-04-16 False M001224 Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] Nathaniel Moran R TX 1 2024-07-26 False 2024-08-16T21:19:00Z H.R. 7979, End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60646 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 17, 2024 Foreign Trade and International Finance Asia 2024-07-08T13:35:19Z China 2024-07-08T13:35:15Z Tariffs 2024-07-08T13:35:23Z Trade restrictions 2024-07-08T13:35:29Z Foreign Trade and International Finance 2024-06-25T17:43:24Z

00 2024-04-15 Introduced in House 2024-08-12T17:41:09Z End China’s De Minimis Abuse ActThis bill prohibits certain U.S. imports from receiving de minimis treatment and establishes related civil penalties. (Current law allows for imports under a de minimis threshold to enter the United States free of tariffs and taxes with minimal inspection. In 2016, Congress raised this threshold from $200 to $800.)The bill prohibits imports from receiving de minimis treatment if those imports are subject to specified trade remedies, including<ul><li>antidumping and countervailing duty tariffs (Subtitle A or B of Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930),</li><li>safeguard measures (Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974),</li><li>actions in response to unfair trade practices (Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974), or </li><li>actions for national security purposes (Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962).</li></ul>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.

End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act 2024-12-27T10:38:14Z H House Reported in House RH Display Title 45 End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act 2024-06-11T15:50:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act 2024-05-24T13:33:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the administrative exemptions under that Act. 2024-04-16T09:28:53Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2024-12-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7979rh/xml/BILLS-118hr7979rh.xml Introduced in House 2024-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7979ih/xml/BILLS-118hr7979ih.xml 2024-12-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 797. 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.