H.R. 2022 (119th)Bill Overview

To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of golf cart tires.

Foreign Trade and International Finance|Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Republican
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
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Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to reliquidate specified past import entries of K389 Hole-N-One golf cart tires at the tariff classification and duty rate in effect on the date of entry. It waives the normal time limit in section 514 of the Tariff Act so CBP must reliquidate and refund any duties paid, with interest, within 90 days of enactment.

Why people may split

Progressives worry about corporate favoritism and precedent

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change that is precisely drafted to compel CBP to reliquidate and refund duties for an explicitly listed set of import entries.

This bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to reliquidate specified past import entries of K389 Hole-N-One golf cart tires at the tariff classification and duty rate in effect on the date of entry.

It waives the normal time limit in section 514 of the Tariff Act so CBP must reliquidate and refund any duties paid, with interest, within 90 days of enactment.

The bill lists numerous specific entry numbers, importers, entry dates, and ports of entry that are eligible for reliquidation and refund.

Passage30/100

Technically straightforward and bipartisan in tone, but is private relief for named importers—hard to pass as standalone; likelier if folded into a broader trade or omnibus vehicle.

CredibilityAligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change that is precisely drafted to compel CBP to reliquidate and refund duties for an explicitly listed set of import entries. It clearly identifies the agency, legal basis, timeline, and specific entries and tariff treatment.

Contention50/100

Progressives worry about corporate favoritism and precedent

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Likely helpedFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Potential benefitNamed importers would receive refunds of duties previously paid on listed entries.
  • Potential benefitRestores application of CBP classification rulings to affected entries, increasing tariff consistency.
  • Potential benefitMay reduce or avoid ongoing litigation by resolving specific past classification disputes.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesReduces federal customs revenue through refunded duties and accrued interest.
  • Potential burdenProvides targeted relief to identified companies, which critics may view as preferential treatment.
  • Potential burdenCould impose administrative workload on CBP to process many entries within a 90-day deadline.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives worry about corporate favoritism and precedent
Progressive45%

Sees the bill as a narrow, corrective remedy that addresses a CBP classification ruling for specific importers.

Concerned about private-bill style relief benefiting corporations and creating precedent without clear fiscal offsets.

Split reaction
Centrist65%

Pragmatically views the bill as a limited fix of an administrative error that is reasonable if costs are small and process is transparent.

Wants safeguards to avoid creating a routine path for case-by-case legislation.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely supportive as a narrow correction of government error that returns money to businesses and enforces established CBP rulings.

Views the bill as limited in scope and appropriate relief.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

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Committee

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Passage likelihood30/100

Technically straightforward and bipartisan in tone, but is private relief for named importers—hard to pass as standalone; likelier if folded into a broader trade or omnibus vehicle.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Total fiscal cost and CBO estimate absent
  • Potential objections about precedent for other importers
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

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06 · Go deeper

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Progressives worry about corporate favoritism and precedent

Technically straightforward and bipartisan in tone, but is private relief for named importers—hard to pass as standalone; likelier if folde…

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Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted substantive change that is precisely drafted to compel CBP to reliquidate and refund duties for an explicitly listed set of import entries. It…

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