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

This section would amend section 628A of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1628a), the law that lets U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) share information about merchandise suspected of violating intellectual property rights. It would raise the standard that triggers this information sharing: instead of a customs officer merely suspecting a violation, the officer would need to have a reasonable suspicion of one. It would also expand what covered items include: wherever the law currently lets CBP share information about the merchandise's packaging, it would now also let CBP share information about packing materials and shipping containers, in every place that term appears in that paragraph. The section would add a new type of information CBP may share: nonpublic information about the merchandise, but only if that information was both generated by an online marketplace or similar market platform, an express consignment operator, a freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in selling or importing the merchandise into the United States or in facilitating that sale or importation, and was also provided to, shared with, or obtained by CBP. Finally, the section would add a new category of party covered by this information sharing authority: any other party with an interest in the merchandise, if the Commissioner of CBP determines that including that party is appropriate.