US Congress House Bill 978 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative should encourage other countries, through bilateral, regional, and multilateral fora, to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments of articles that are exempt from customs duties and certain entry documentation requirements, as appropriate. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 for 2016, and to $800 adjusted annually for inflation after 2016, the aggregate retail value in the country of shipment of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015

Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2015-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-02-13	House	Introduced in House

SB489 (Related) 2015-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/978/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr978/BILLS-114hr978ih.pdf