S 2677
Passed a chamber
Expands the information that U.S. Customs and Border Protection may share about suspected intellectual property violations, lowers the threshold for sharing to a reasonable suspicion, and requires notice to the person whose information is transmitted.
Official title: A bill 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
Received
10-AUG-2026
Senate
Introduced
01-AUG-2025
Referred
01-AUG-2025
Passed
07-AUG-2026
- Changes the trigger for sharing from CBP suspecting a violation to CBP having a reasonable suspicion of one.
- Allows CBP to share nonpublic information about merchandise that online marketplaces, express consignment operators, freight forwarders, and other entities involved in importing or selling goods provided to or obtained by CBP.
- Requires CBP to notify the person of the information transmitted, following regulations the Secretary prescribes.
- Adds any other party with an interest in the merchandise, as the Commissioner determines appropriate, to those who may receive information under Section 628A.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (01-AUG-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 07-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Finance Committee (Senate)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
■ 1 D
1 Democrat