YourVoice.Now Summary
Criminal Justice & Due ProcessTransparency & AccountabilityCreates a DOJ task force to prosecute tariff evasion and smuggling — $20 million, with yearly charge counts reported to Congress.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
- Federal trade-crime prosecution — New DOJ Criminal Division team dedicated to duty evasion and smuggling
- Prosecutor staffing — New criminal trial attorney and support positions created
- Scope of covered offenses — Arms-export, sanctions, and other national-security laws excluded from the team's mandate
Transparency & Accountability
- Annual reporting to Congress — Yearly counts of charged trade crimes and indictments required
- Funding-use disclosure — Report must show how appropriated money was spent
The details
The Justice Department would build a dedicated team to prosecute trade crimes. That means dodging tariffs and import duties, smuggling goods, faking country-of-origin paperwork, and laundering money through trade deals. The team would sit inside the Criminal Division and be led by a supervising trial attorney. It would have to be running within 120 days after Congress funds it. The department would hire new prosecutors and support staff to handle cases that cross state lines. The bill authorizes $20 million for fiscal year 2026. At least 80 percent has to go to criminal prosecution work, including hiring and training. The money stays available until it is spent. National security export laws are deliberately left out of the team's job, so arms-export and sanctions cases stay where they are. The Attorney General would report to Congress every year on how many trade crimes were charged and how the money was used.
Congressional Summary
Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Justice to establish a task force, program, or other similar structure within its Criminal Division to investigate and prosecute trade-related crimes.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-03-05
- Date Added
- 2026-08-01
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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