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House Bill 4930
119th Congress(2025-2026)
To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
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Passed House on Apr 27, 2026
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H. R. 4930 (Referred-in-Senate)


119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4930

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 28, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT

To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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, containers,” after “its packaging” the first place it appears;

(ii) by striking “and its packaging and labels” after “images of the merchandise” and inserting “, its packaging, packing materials, containers, and labels”; and

(iii) by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) may provide to the person nonpublic information about the merchandise that was generated by an online marketplace or other similar market platform, express consignment operator, freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale or importation of merchandise, or the facilitation thereof, into the United States that has been provided to, shared with, or obtained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and

“(4) in the case of the provision of nonpublic information described in paragraph (3), shall provide to the person notification of the information transmitted, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.”; 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.”.

Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2026.

    Attest:kevin f. mccumber,   
    Clerk.