Amendment to Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border

Executive Order March 06, 2025 Document 2025-03729

Summary

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14227, amending previous orders to address issues at the U.S. southern border. This amendment affects the duty-free de minimis treatment for certain goods, which will be revoked once the Secretary of Commerce confirms that systems are in place to efficiently process and collect tariffs on these items. The order could impact trade and border operations, with potential legal and political implications involving tariff enforcement and border security policies.

Full Text

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 11371-11372] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-03729] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 43 / Thursday, March 6, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 11371]] Executive Order 14227 of March 2, 2025 Amendment to Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby determine and order: Section 1. Amendment. Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border), as amended by Executive Order 14198 of February 3, 2025 (Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border), is further amended by revising section 2(g) to read as follows: ''(g) Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible covered articles described in subsection (a) of this section. Such duty-free de minimis treatment shall cease to be available for such otherwise eligible covered articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.'' Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. [[Page 11372]] (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, March 2, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-03729 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P