HR7224-119

What This Bill Does

The Secure Revenue Clearance Channel Act of 2026 creates a new customs pathway for low-value express shipments. For merchandise valued at $600 or less, an express consignment carrier or operator can satisfy entry requirements by submitting an electronic advance manifest to U.S. Customs and Border Protection if CBP approves the format and manifest. The channel is unavailable for shipments subject to antidumping or countervailing duties, tariff-rate quotas, taxes imposed by agencies other than CBP such as alcohol and tobacco taxes, or non-CBP fees that the charging agency does not waive. To qualify, an express consignment operator or carrier must provide door-to-door express service under closely integrated administrative control, assume CBP liability as if it were the sole carrier, administer hubs and express consignment facilities, and have narcotics information-sharing and enforcement agreements with CBP and ICE. For merchandise entered through the channel, the carrier must collect an import fee elected by the importer of record: 20 percent ad valorem, the equivalent formal-entry tariff rate, or another country-origin fixed or ad valorem rate including rates charged for international postal shipments. The fee replaces specified COBRA charges and otherwise applicable duties, including MFN and section 232 duties, and must be remitted quarterly to CBP for deposit in the Treasury general fund.

Who Benefits and How

Express consignment carriers, compliant e-commerce importers, customs brokers serving low-value shipments, CBP revenue officials, Treasury revenue officials, and consumers who rely on fast small-package delivery benefit from a defined electronic clearance channel that can process low-value shipments while collecting replacement revenue. Domestic producers may benefit if low-value imports face an explicit fee rather than duty-free treatment.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Express consignment carriers, low-value importers, foreign e-commerce sellers, CBP systems staff, ICE narcotics-enforcement staff, customs compliance teams, and consumers buying imported small packages face new manifest approvals, carrier liability, narcotics agreements, fee elections, collection, remittance, exclusions, and price effects. Shipments subject to AD/CVD, tariff-rate quotas, alcohol or tobacco taxes, or nonwaived non-CBP fees cannot use the channel.

Key Provisions

• Creates a Secure Revenue Clearance Channel for express shipments of merchandise valued at $600 or less.
• Requires electronic advance manifests in a CBP-approved format before the channel can satisfy entry requirements.
• Excludes AD/CVD goods, tariff-rate quota goods, non-CBP tax goods, and nonwaived non-CBP fee goods.
• Requires qualifying carriers to provide controlled door-to-door service, assume CBP liability, administer hubs, and maintain narcotics agreements.
• Requires carriers to collect an importer-elected fee equal to 20 percent ad valorem, the formal-entry tariff rate, or applicable origin-based rates.
• Requires quarterly remittance to CBP and deposit of collected fees in the Treasury general fund.