To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
Latest action · Nov 10, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 8, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2026
- Passed SenateNov 10, 2026
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide information to certain persons (e.g., trademark or copyright owners) regarding suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
Under current law, if CBP suspects that merchandise is being imported in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws, 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 its packaging and labels.
This bill (1) expands the definition of person 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 packing materials and containers.
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.
Additionally, CBP may provide a person with nonpublic information about the imported merchandise that was generated by an online marketplace or similar market platform, express consignment operator, freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale, importation, or facilitation of the merchandise into the United States and has been provided to, shared with, or obtained by CBP. CBP must provide the person with notification of the transmitted information.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 8, 2025 to Dec 9, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Aug 8, 2025 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Dec 9, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Aug 8, 2025Markup Dec 10, 2025Reported Dec 30, 2025 |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2026Discharged Nov 11, 2026 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 10, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 28, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 27, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3098-3099)
- Apr 27, 2026Mr. Moore (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3098–H3100Text printed H3098 | Blake D. Moore R-UT, Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL | Apr 27, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 136, August 8, 2025, page H3688.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2677 | A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade. | Identical bill | Aug 10, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2026Referred in Senate
- Apr 27, 2026Engrossed in House
- Dec 30, 2025Reported in House
- Aug 8, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
