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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3217 

To amend section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the requirements 

relating to disclosure of vessel, aircraft, or vehicle manifest information. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify 

the requirements relating to disclosure of vessel, aircraft, 

or vehicle manifest information. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Manifest Moderniza5 tion Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF VESSEL, AIRCRAFT, OR VEHICLE 

7 MANIFEST INFORMATION. 

8 (a) EXPANSION AND CLARIFICATION OF DISCLOSURE

9 REQUIREMENT.—Section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

10 (19 U.S.C. 1431) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 4197 

2 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 

3 U.S.C. App. 91)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 60105 of 

4 title 46, United States Code, and every aircraft or 

5 vehicle arriving in the United States as described in 

6 section 433,’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (2)’’ and all 

10 that follows through ‘‘shall be available’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘paragraph (2), the following informa12 tion, when contained in a vessel, aircraft, or ve13 hicle manifest, shall be available’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be15 fore the end period the following: ‘‘and the sub16 headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

17 the United States under which the cargo is 

18 classifiable’’; and 

19 (C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(G) The country in which the cargo was pro22 duced and the last country through which the cargo 

23 was transported.’’. 


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1 (b) PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN2 FORMATION.—Section 431(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 

3 (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

6 and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall ensure that the fol10 lowing information is removed from any manifest 

11 signed, produced, delivered, or electronically trans12 mitted under this section before access to the mani13 fest is provided to the public: 

14 ‘‘(i) Social Security numbers. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Passport numbers. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Dates of birth. 

17 ‘‘(iv) Personal phone numbers. 

18 ‘‘(v) Personal email addresses. 

19 ‘‘(vi) Driver’s license and State identifica20 tion numbers. 

21 ‘‘(vii) Residential addresses that are not 

22 the primary address of the trade or business 

23 (excluding ZIP Codes). 

24 ‘‘(viii) Names of individuals who are end25 consumers. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be con2 strued to permit the removal from a manifest 

3 signed, produced, delivered, or electronically trans4 mitted under this section of the name, address, or 

5 identification number of a business.’’; and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(4) Each manifest signed, produced, delivered, or 

8 electronically transmitted under this section shall include 

9 a checkbox to indicate whether the shipment is going to 

10 a private individual or a company.’’. 

11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

12 this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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