[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5160 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5160

    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

                           September 24, 2024

  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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