[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3217 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3217

     To amend section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the 
  requirements relating to disclosure of vessel, aircraft, or vehicle 
                         manifest information.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2023

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the 
  requirements relating to disclosure of vessel, aircraft, or vehicle 
                         manifest information.

    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 ``Manifest Modernization Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF VESSEL, AIRCRAFT, OR VEHICLE MANIFEST 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Expansion and Clarification of Disclosure Requirement.--Section 
431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 4197 of the 
        Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91)'' and 
        inserting ``section 60105 of title 46, United States Code, and 
        every aircraft or vehicle arriving in the United States as 
        described in section 433,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``subparagraph (2)'' and all that follows 
                through ``shall be available'' and inserting 
                ``paragraph (2), the following information, when 
                contained in a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle manifest, 
                shall be available'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the 
                end period the following: ``and the subheadings of the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under 
                which the cargo is classifiable''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(G) The country in which the cargo was produced and the 
        last country through which the cargo was transported.''.
    (b) Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.--Section 
431(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) The Secretary shall ensure that the following 
        information is removed from any manifest signed, produced, 
        delivered, or electronically transmitted under this section 
        before access to the manifest is provided to the public:
                    ``(i) Social Security numbers.
                    ``(ii) Passport numbers.
                    ``(iii) Dates of birth.
                    ``(iv) Personal phone numbers.
                    ``(v) Personal email addresses.
                    ``(vi) Driver's license and State identification 
                numbers.
                    ``(vii) Residential addresses that are not the 
                primary address of the trade or business (excluding ZIP 
                Codes).
                    ``(viii) Names of individuals who are end-
                consumers.
            ``(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to permit 
        the removal from a manifest signed, produced, delivered, or 
        electronically transmitted under this section of the name, 
        address, or identification number of a business.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) Each manifest signed, produced, delivered, or electronically 
transmitted under this section shall include a checkbox to indicate 
whether the shipment is going to a private individual or a company.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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