119-s2677

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2677 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2677

 To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected 
 violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 August 1, 2025

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected 
 violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS 
 OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

 

Section 628A of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1628a) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by 
 striking ``suspects'' and inserting ``has a reasonable 
 suspicion'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) by inserting ``, packing materials, 
 shipping containers,'' after ``its packaging'' 
 each place it appears; and
            (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
 semicolon;
            (C) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking the period and 
 inserting ``; and''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) may provide to the person nonpublic information about 
 the merchandise that was--
 ``
        (A) generated by an online marketplace or other 
 similar market platform, an express consignment 
 operator, a freight forwarder, or any other entity that 
 plays a role in the sale or importation of merchandise 
 into the United States or the facilitation of such sale 
 or importation; and
 ``
        (B) provided to, shared with, or obtained by, 
 U.S. Customs and Border Protection.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``; and'' and 
 inserting a semicolon;
        (B) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) any other party with an interest in the merchandise, 
 as determined appropriate by the Commissioner.''.
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