182(g)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2242(g)(3))). 
‘‘(2) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELAT-
ING TO DE MINIMIS TREATMENT UNDER THE 
TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS.—Section 321 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321), as amended by 
section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION AND INFOR-
MATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For any articles that may 
qualify for an administrative exemption pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Import Security and Fairness Act, 
prescribe regulations to require the submission, 
transmission, or otherwise making available of such 
documentation or information to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection as the Secretary determines is 
reasonably necessary for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to determine the eligibility of such arti-
cles to qualify for such exemption. 
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‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The regula-
tions prescribed under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall require that documentation or 
information with respect to an article described 
in that paragraph include, at a minimum— 
‘‘(i) a description of the article; 
‘‘(ii) the appropriate classification of 
the article under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States; 
‘‘(iii) the country of origin of the arti-
cle; 
‘‘(iv) the country from which the arti-
cle is shipped; 
‘‘(v) the identity of the shipper; 
‘‘(vi) the identity of the importer; and 
‘‘(vii) the transaction value of the ar-
ticle in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) may provide that such documentation 
or information include other documentation or 
information regarding the offer for sale or pur-
chase, or the subsequent sale, purchase, trans-
portation, importation or warehousing of an ar-
ticle described in paragraph (1), including such 
documentation or information relating to the of-
fering of the article for sale or purchase in the 
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United States through a commercial or mar-
keting platform, including an electronic com-
mercial or marketing platform. 
‘‘(3) VERACITY OF DOCUMENTATION AND IN-
FORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide 
that— 
‘‘(i) the documentation or information 
described in that paragraph is true and 
correct to the best of the knowledge and 
belief of the party submitting, transmit-
ting, or otherwise making available such 
documentation or information, subject to 
any penalties authorized by law; or 
‘‘(ii) if such party is not able to rea-
sonably verify whether such documentation 
or information is true and correct to the 
best of the knowledge and belief of the 
party, such documentation or information 
may be submitted, transmitted, or other-
wise made available on the basis of what 
the party reasonably believes to be true 
and correct. 
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‘‘(B) USE FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.— 
Such documentation or information may be 
used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
for any lawful purpose. 
‘‘(4) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any person who vio-
lates the regulations prescribed pursuant to para-
graph (1) is liable for a civil penalty of $5,000 for 
the first violation, and $10,000 for each subsequent 
violation. A penalty imposed under this paragraph is 
in addition to any other penalty provided by law. 
‘‘(d) IMPORTATIONS
INVOLVING
SUSPENDED
OR 
DEBARRED PERSONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized to prescribe regulations to authorize exceptions 
to any administrative exemption pursuant to subsection 
(a) for any articles the importation of which is caused or 
otherwise facilitated by any person suspended or debarred 
from doing business with the Federal Government at the 
time of the importation.’’. 
(b) 
EXAMINATION
OF
MERCHANDISE.—Section 
499(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1499(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Customs Service’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Customs Service’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection’’; 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) INFORMATION
TO
BE
INCLUDED.— 
The’’; and 
(ii) by redesignating the subsequent 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) 
as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), re-
spectively, and moving such clauses, as re-
designated, 2 ems to the right; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELAT-
ING TO MERCHANDISE THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR 
CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 
made a decision to detain merchandise that 
may qualify for an administrative exemp-
tion pursuant to section 321(a)(2)(C), U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall issue 
such notice to each party that U.S. Cus-
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toms and Border Protections determines 
may have an interest in the detained mer-
chandise, based on information reasonably 
available to U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, in such form and manner as the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall by regula-
tion prescribe. 
‘‘(ii) VOLUNTARY ABANDONMENT OF 
MERCHANDISE.—In the case of merchan-
dise described in clause (i), such notice 
shall also advise each such interested party 
that, in lieu of supplying information to 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B)(v), the in-
terested parties may voluntarily abandon 
the merchandise. 
‘‘(iii) ABANDONMENT OR EXPORT DUE 
TO LACK OF RESPONSE.—If U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection does not receive a 
response from each interested party in 
merchandise described in clause (i) within 
30 days of the date on which such notice 
is issued to the interested parties, the mer-
chandise may— 
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‘‘(I) be denied entry and be per-
mitted to be exported, with the im-
porter responsible for paying all ex-
penses of exportation; or 
‘‘(II) be deemed to be abandoned, 
in which case title to such merchan-
dise shall be vested in the United 
States and the merchandise shall be 
disposed of in accordance with law.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, on or after the 180th day after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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