S. 489: Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013
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S. 489: Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-07 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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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 Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · 26 cosponsors
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Ron Wyden (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), John Barrasso (R-WY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tim Scott (R-SC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] reported raising $4.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s489.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s489 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113