[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4930 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4930

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2025

   Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Mr. Schneider) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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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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