To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4930 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4930 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2026 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT 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, containers,'' after ``its packaging'' the first place it appears; (ii) by striking ``and its packaging and labels'' after ``images of the merchandise'' and inserting ``, its packaging, packing materials, containers, and labels''; and (iii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) may provide to the person nonpublic information about the merchandise that was generated by an online marketplace or other similar market platform, express consignment operator, freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale or importation of merchandise, or the facilitation thereof, into the United States that has been provided to, shared with, or obtained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and ``(4) in the case of the provision of nonpublic information described in paragraph (3), shall provide to the person notification of the
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