A Bill to Tax Imported Fast Fashion
Adds a 10% import tariff on apparel sold below cost-of-production thresholds, with rebates for repair retailers.
Imported apparel sold below a Treasury-defined cost-of-production threshold shall be subject to a 10% tariff.
Tariff revenue funds a per-job rebate for U.S. clothing-repair businesses.
$0 net appropriation; tariff-funded.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement.
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- S. 902 — A Bill to Tax Imported Fast Fashion
- Funding source
- Self-funded by tariff revenue, no appropriation.
- Timeline
- Tariff effective at next Treasury rulemaking.
- Realistic — uses existing CBP tariff classification.
- Enforcing agency
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- Yes — standard tariff enforcement.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Tariff collection at port; seizure for repeat undervaluation.
- Source citation
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2017), 'A New Textiles Economy' — ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:00 (60s)
A 10% tariff is regressive — low-income shoppers depend on cheap clothing.
Ellen MacArthur (2017) found low-income households actually spend *more* per garment lifetime because fast-fashion items wear out 3x faster. The repair-rebate in Sec. 2 directly funds the affordable alternative.