119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Apr 3, 2025
CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Apr 3, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Apr 3, 2025)
Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuses Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act of 2025 or the CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
This bill creates a system to classify countries based on compliance with international standards within their free trade zones and establishes related penalties. (Free trade zones are designated areas, typically located at or near ports, that contain production facilities and related infrastructure. Generally, these zones are treated as being outside the customs territory despite being physically located inside the geographic boundaries of countries.)
Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must identify, publish, and update a list of non-U.S. free trade zones that includes the identity, location, and administrators of each zone.
Upon publication of the list of zones, CBP must then publish a classification of the countries in which those zones are located into four tiers based on specified standards (e.g., complying with international standards and countering illicit international trade). CBP must notify the government of each country of the tier to which the country was classified and periodically review the tier classification.
The bill directs CBP to take additional actions with respect to countries classified as tier II, III, or IV, such as creating a hotline for reporting instances of illicit international trade.
The bill also establishes related penalties, such as authorizing the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that has facilitated or supported illicit international trade within a zone located in a country classified as tier II, III, or IV.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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6 citations.
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…zation Act of 2025 (H.R. 2653/S. 1259); Support for the Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuses Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act of 2025 ("CLEAN FTZ" Act) (S. 1291).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t Modernization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2653/S. 1259); Support for the Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuse Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act ("Clean FTZ" Act) (S. 1291).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Mar 5, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
Support for Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuse Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act ("Clean FTZ" Act) (S. 1291); Support for Manifest Modernization Act (H.R. 2653 / S. 1259).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.1291, Containing and Limiting the Extensive Abuse Noticed in Free Trade Zones Act ("Clean FTZ" Act); Support for H.R.2653/S.1259, Manifest Modernization Act of 2025…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT) · lobbying firm or registrant: FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT)
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Banking
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
Protect Small Businesses and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act S.100, H.R.425 - Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act S. 1291, CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025 H.R. 3633, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (CLARITY Act) S. 394, S. 919, S. 1582 GENIUS Act Legislation to introduce anti-money…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT) · lobbying firm or registrant: FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT)
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Banking
Amount not reported
…countering illicit finance, and financial transparency Protect Small Businesses and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act S. 1291, CLEAN FTZ Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing