Customs Business Fairness Act of 2019

I 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. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Customs Business 4 Fairness Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:11 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2261.IH H2261 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2261 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 1 Section 507(d) of title 11, United States Code, is 2 amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subparagraph (F)’’ after 3 ‘‘(a)(8)’’. 4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT. 5 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub- 6 section (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act 7 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 8 (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment 9 made by this Act shall not apply with respect to cases com- 10 menced under title 11 of the United States Code before 11 the date of the enactment of this Act. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:11 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2261.IH H2261 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS