Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019

Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019

This bill modifies the treatment of claims by customs brokers for unpaid customs duties in chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy proceedings.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2261

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

                             April 10, 2019

 Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Foster, Mr. Welch, 
  Mr. Vela, and Mr. Gonzalez of Texas) 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 
2019''.

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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