Sens. Cassidy, Cortez Masto crafting legislation to overhaul customs laws

Senate Finance Committee members Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have crafted a legislative policy proposal to streamline U.S. customs laws and better facilitate trade, their offices will announce on Monday. Cassidy’s office will issue what it calls a “ policy framework ” outlining broad plans for trade-facilitation legislation focused on U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Changes to global markets and the expansion of e-commerce have “created a need for Congress to update U.S. customs laws to ensure...