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A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
Summary
This bill expands the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share information regarding suspected intellectual property violations with trademark holders and others. It modifies the standard from "suspects" to "has a reasonable suspicion" of IP violations and broadens the types of merchandise and materials that can be examined to include packing materials and shipping containers. The bill allows Customs to share nonpublic information generated by online marketplaces, express consignment operators, freight forwarders, and other entities involved in importing merchandise, and expands the parties who can receive this information to include "any other party with an interest in the merchandise" as determined by the Commissioner.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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.”. <all>
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