{"bill":{"id":"119-s-2677","congress":119,"type":"S","number":2677,"title":"A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2025-08-01","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"G000386","fullName":"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]","party":"R","state":"IA","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":1,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-08-10","actionTime":"11:11:07","text":"Held at the desk."},"policyArea":"Foreign Trade and International Finance","subjects":["Customs enforcement","Government information and archives","Intellectual property"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-08-10","text":"Held at the desk.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-10","text":"Received in the House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-10","text":"Message on Senate action sent to the House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-07","text":"Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4551)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-07","text":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-07","text":"Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4551)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-07","text":"Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Discharge","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-07","text":"Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-08-01","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-08-01","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p>This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide information to&nbsp;certain persons (e.g., trademark or copyright owners) regarding suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.&nbsp;</p><p>Under current law, if&nbsp;CBP suspects that merchandise is being imported in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws,&nbsp;it may request assistance from specified persons when determining whether the merchandise is imported in violation of these laws. To permit the party to conduct examination and testing, CBP must provide them with specified information that appears on the merchandise and&nbsp;its packaging and labels.&nbsp;</p><p>This bill (1) expands the definition of <em>person</em> to allow CBP to request assistance from any other appropriate party with an interest in the imported merchandise, and (2) expands the scope of information that CBP is authorized to share with others to include information on and images of&nbsp;packing materials and shipping containers.</p><p>The bill allows CBP to request this assistance if it has a reasonable suspicion (currently, suspects) that the merchandise being imported is in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws.</p><p>Additionally,&nbsp;CBP may provide a person with nonpublic information about the imported merchandise that was generated by an online marketplace or similar market platform, express&nbsp;consignment operator, freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale, importation, or facilitation&nbsp;of the merchandise&nbsp;into the United States and has been provided to, shared with, or obtained by CBP.</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-24T17:17:42Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":409,"ts":"2026-08-28T08:37:11.818Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=A%20bill%20to%20expand%20the%20sharing%20of%20information%20with%20respect%20to%20"}]}}