Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 40
- Latest action
- Feb 13, 2025
What it does
Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025 This bill increases penalties for, and establishes additional enforcement mechanisms related to, fraudulent and grossly negligent violations of U.S. customs laws. Specifically, the bill increases the maximum civil penalty for a fraudulent violation to three times the domestic value of the merchandise. (Currently, the maximum penalty is the domestic value of the merchandise.) It prohibits a person who commits a fraudulent violation from importing merchandise into the United States for a five-year period. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum civil penalty for a grossly negligent violation to the lesser of (1) 3 times the domestic value of the…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Feb 13, 2025
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Mike Bost
- Addison McDowell
- Ashley Hinson
- Beth Van Duyne
- Brian Babin
- Carol Miller
- Charles (Chuck) Edwards
- Chris Deluzio
- Claudia Tenney
- Dale Strong
- David Rouzer
- Deborah Ross
- Frank Mrvan
- Gary Palmer
- Glenn Grothman
- Gregory Murphy
- Jimmy Panetta
- John Moolenaar
- Lance Gooden
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Mark Alford
- Mark Harris
- Michael Rulli
- Mike Carey
- Mike Rogers
- Mikie Sherrill
- Nathaniel Moran
- Nicholas Langworthy
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski
- Pat Harrigan
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Randy Weber
- Richard Hudson
- Ro Khanna
- Robert Aderholt
- Rosa DeLauro
- Sanford Bishop
- Terri Sewell
- Tim Moore
- Troy Balderson
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.