[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4657

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2017

    Mr. King of New York (for himself and Mr. Meeks) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Customs Business Fairness Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 507(d) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``excluding subparagraph (F)'' after ``(a)(8)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by this Act shall 
not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United 
States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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