Manifest Modernization Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2653 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2653

  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the public disclosure of 
           certain vehicle and aircraft manifest information.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2025

   Mr. Schweikert (for himself, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the public disclosure of 
           certain vehicle and aircraft 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 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT MANIFEST INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1431) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--Each of the following shall have a manifest that 
complies with the requirements prescribed under subsection (d):
            ``(1) Every vessel required to make entry under section 434 
        or obtain clearance under section 60105 of title 46, United 
        States Code.
            ``(2) Every vehicle arriving in the United States as 
        described under section 433.
            ``(3) Every aircraft arriving in the United States as 
        described under section 433.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``subparagraph (2)'' and all that follows 
                through ``public disclosure'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (2), when included in a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft 
                manifest, the following information shall be available 
                for public disclosure'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and each 
                subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States under which the cargo is classified'' 
                before the period at the end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``vessel, 
                aircraft, or carrier'' and inserting ``vessel, vehicle, 
                or aircraft''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``country of 
                origin of the shipment'' and inserting ``country of 
                origin of the cargo and the last country through which 
                the cargo was transported by the vessel, vehicle, or 
                aircraft''.
    (b) Definition of Aircraft.--Section 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(u) Aircraft.--The term `aircraft' means a civil, military, or 
public contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate, fly, or 
travel in the air.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to each vessel, vehicle, and aircraft arriving 
in the United States on or after the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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