Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Labor, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD4AE157A775A47CEB9D28B2AC71C9F1D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2026.
- Section H8BCFD5F8F4F9455584AAB5B2E507CE7A: 2. Increase in civil penalties for fraudulent and grossly negligent violations of United States customs laws Section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C....
- Section H771717116B2C4029BC699B5DB7AE6B75: 3. Private enforcement action for customs fraud The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after section 592A (19 U.S.C. 1592a) the following: 592B.Private...
- Section H74C69FA4F6704E64B0BB7B5BF1B379E6: 592B. Private enforcement action for customs fraud An interested party the business, property, or other financial interest of which is injured by a fraudulent...
- Section H3B61CDFFEDA640A7B764ED885E086A60: 4. Exclusion of persons that have committed fraudulent or grossly negligent violations of United States customs laws from participation in the importer of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Labor, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mrs. Britt (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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