H.R. 1020: Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-06 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013

Plain summary

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should encourage other countries, through bilateral, regional, and multilateral fora, to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments of articles that are exempt from customs duties and certain entry documentation requirements, as appropriate. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 for 2014, and to $800 adjusted annually for inflation after 2014, the aggregate retail value in the country of shipment of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.

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Official text

Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] · 242 cosponsors

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Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and 182 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1020.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1020 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113