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The bill gives CBP clear authority and a fixed start date for a new HTS subheading—helping future clarity and preparation—but leaves tariff rates and scope unspecified, creating near-term duty uncertainty and administrative costs for importers and traders.
Importers, customs administrators, and border communities gain a clear statutory authority for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect and apply a new HTS subheading starting Jan 1, 2027, reducing long-term classification ambiguity after that date.
Small businesses and financial institutions have a known future applicability date (Jan 1, 2027) for the new HTS subheading, giving them time to prepare classifications, update systems, and design compliance processes before the rule takes effect.
Importers and small businesses face uncertainty about how much duty they will owe because the bill does not specify tariff rates or the scope for goods under the new HTS subheading.
Customs authorities, traders, and financial institutions will incur administrative costs to update classification systems and train staff to accommodate the new HTS code even though key details (rates/scope) remain unspecified.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds two new HTS subheadings (3926.20.61 and 9021.10.60) effective Jan 1, 2027, without providing descriptions or tariff rates.
Official title: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the United States to establish a new subheading in chapter 39 for silicone prosthetics for women who are breast cancer survivors and a new subheading in chapter 90 for mastectomy bras.
Introduced August 24, 2026 by Carol Devine Miller · Last progress August 24, 2026
Adds two new Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings: one in chapter 39 and one in chapter 90. Both new subheadings are inserted into HTS numerical sequence and become effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on January 1, 2027, but the bill does not provide any tariff text, scope language, or tariff rates for those new lines.