S.Amdt. 104

SA 104. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 256, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 473, after line 9, by inserting the following:

“SEC. 1236. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 11, UNITED STATES CODE.

Section 507(a) of title 11, United States Code, as amended by sections 212 and 253, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(11) Eleventh, allowed unsecured claims of customs brokers (as defined in section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1641)) and sureties (as provided in section 623 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1623)) for duties, taxes, or other charges paid to the United States Customs Service on behalf of the debtor arising out of the importation of merchandise entered for consumption within one year before the date of the filing of the petition.”.