3.0.0 805 2025-12-05T09:12:22Z 2025-12-05T09:12:22Z Senate S S 2023-03-15 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/805 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-15T17:03:39Z 118 2667 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2023-03-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2023-03-15 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2023-05-01 False B001319 Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] Katie Britt R AL 2023-05-01 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-06-01 False V000137 Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH] J. Vance R OH D. 2023-06-01 False F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-09-20 False B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2023-09-29 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2023-10-24 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2023-10-31 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Civil actions and liability 2025-07-10T18:12:43Z Criminal procedure and sentencing 2025-07-10T18:12:43Z Customs enforcement 2025-07-10T18:12:43Z Fraud offenses and financial crimes 2025-07-10T18:12:43Z Foreign Trade and International Finance 2023-03-31T14:00:18Z

00 2023-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-13T17:17:56Z <p><b>Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill increases penalties for, and establishes additional enforcement mechanisms related to, fraudulent and grossly negligent violations of U.S. customs laws.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill increases the maximum civil penalty for a fraudulent violation to three times the domestic value of the merchandise. Further, the bill prohibits a person who commits a fraudulent violation from importing merchandise into the United States for a five-year period.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill increases the maximum civil penalty for a grossly negligent violation to the lesser of (1) 3 times the domestic value of the merchandise; or (2) 10 times the lawful duties, taxes, and fees. It also prohibits a person who commits a grossly negligent violation from importing merchandise into the United States for a two-year period.</p> <p>Further, the bill applies these importation bans to an affiliated person (e.g., a family member, partner, or employee) of the person who committed the fraudulent or grossly negligent violation.</p> <p>The bill also establishes a private right of action for customs fraud or grossly negligent violations. In particular, the bill allows manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, labor unions, or trade associations to bring a civil action against a violator or any person that aids or abets a violator.</p> <p>The bill prohibits any person (or an affiliated person) who commits a fraudulent or grossly negligent violation from participating in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Importer of Record program, and further requires their importer of record numbers to be revoked.</p>

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