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Congress·In Committee·3 months ago

Trade Duty Interest Payouts: Special Restitution to Eligible U.S. Companies

Also known as: Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2025

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Key Points

  • Changes how Customs describes and handles interest tied to certain trade duties collected on unfairly priced or subsidized imports.
  • Expands the time period Customs can look back to for these interest amounts, reaching back to October 1, 2000 (instead of 2014).
  • Creates a one-time “special distribution” to pay out past interest from fiscal years before the bill becomes law, with Customs required to announce timing publicly.
  • Only companies/people who previously received these kinds of payouts under an older program, and who file on time and meet the old eligibility rules, can qualify.
  • Requires Customs to make the payouts in set deadlines: first for interest from 2010 onward (within 210 days), then for 2000–2010 (within 210 days after the first round).
TradeEconomySmall Business

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Dec 17, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 3543
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Cosponsors

(5)
D: 3R: 2

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