[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2955. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. Hassan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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, shipping 
     containers,'' after ``its packaging'' each place it appears; 
     and
       (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon;
       (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) may provide to the person nonpublic information about 
     the merchandise that was--
       ``(A) generated by an online marketplace or other similar 
     market platform, an express consignment operator, a freight 
     forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale 
     or importation of merchandise into the United States or the 
     facilitation of such sale or importation; and
       ``(B) provided to, shared with, or obtained by, U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) any other party with an interest in the merchandise, 
     as determined appropriate by the Commissioner.''.
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