To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect people's personal information in shipping records. It requires Customs and Border Protection to remove Social Security numbers, passport numbers, and other personally identifiable information from shipping manifests before releasing them to the public.
Who Benefits and How
Individual shippers and consumers benefit by having their personal data protected from public exposure. Anyone who ships goods internationally or domestically will no longer have their SSN or passport number potentially accessible through public shipping records. Privacy advocates benefit as this closes a significant gap in data protection law.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Customs and Border Protection must implement new systems to redact personal information from manifests before public release. Trade data companies like ImportGenius and Panjiva lose access to personal data they may have previously used for business intelligence products. Freight forwarders and logistics companies that relied on complete manifest data for due diligence or competitive intelligence face reduced information access.
Key Provisions
- Mandates removal of personally identifiable information (including SSNs and passport numbers) from shipping manifests before public disclosure
- Preserves existing exemptions for security threats or classified information under FOIA
- Takes effect 30 days after enactment
- Applies to all manifests signed, produced, delivered, or electronically transmitted under section 431 of the Tariff Act
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable information in shipping manifests by requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to remove PII before public disclosure.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Close a privacy gap in existing trade law by mandating removal of PII from publicly-accessible shipping manifests"
Likely Beneficiaries
- Individual shippers and consignees whose personal information appears on shipping manifests
- Privacy advocates
Likely Burden Bearers
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which must implement PII redaction systems
- Data brokers and researchers who use manifest data
- Third-party logistics and trade intelligence companies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Shipping documentation signed, produced, delivered, or electronically transmitted under section 431 of the Tariff Act
Information that can identify an individual, including Social Security numbers and passport numbers
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