HR 4930
Passed a chamber
Allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share more information about suspected intellectual property violations with rights holders, including nonpublic data from online marketplaces and shipping companies, and requires notice when that data is shared.
Official title: To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
08-AUG-2025
Referred
08-AUG-2025
Approved by committee
10-DEC-2025
Reported
30-DEC-2025
On the calendar
30-DEC-2025
Passed
27-APR-2026
Senate
Received
28-APR-2026
- Lets Customs share information when it has a reasonable suspicion of an intellectual property violation, replacing the existing standard of suspicion.
- Extends the covered items to packing materials, containers, and labels, in addition to merchandise and its packaging.
- Allows Customs to share nonpublic information generated by online marketplaces, express consignment operators, and freight forwarders, and requires notifying the person of what was shared.
- Permits sharing with any other party with an interest in the merchandise, as the Commissioner determines appropriate.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (30-DEC-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 27-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
■ 4 R■ 2 D
4 Republicans
2 Democrats