S4003-119

In Committee

Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Immigration, Finance.

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 idba8627dbfb4b4068bc1b17a30c6dcc01: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act.
  • Section id4e169f992ce841a68b02605383395d27: 2. Requirement that importer of record be located in the United States Section 484(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)(2)(B)) is amended— by...
  • Section id3cc5a7f0bb634128a776ca84f564a392: 3. Responsibility of importer of record for payment of duties Section 484(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)(1)) is amended— in subparagraph...
  • Section id7d57cf3e1d7645bd826463e54b2a415f: 4. Increase in bonding requirement for importers of record Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Immigration, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Immigration Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 5, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 5, 2026

Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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?

Domains
Trade Immigration Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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