S 2677 United States Senate · 119th Congress

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

This bill (S 2677) amends U.S. trade law to expand how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shares information about suspected intellectual property rights violations. It allows CBP to share nonpublic merchandise details - including data from online marketplaces, shipping companies, and freight forwarders - with these entities when CBP has a reasonable suspicion of violations. The bill also adds new provisions permitting CBP to share information with other parties deemed relevant by the Commissioner. It directly affects CBP, online platforms, shipping operators, and importers by changing information-sharing protocols for IP enforcement. The changes focus on clarifying and broadening the scope of permissible information sharing during trade inspections.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

House Passage

President

Introduced Aug 1, 2025 Last action Aug 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in Senate → Engrossed in Senate · 4 edits · Aug 7, 2026

MODERATE

The engrossed version of S 2677 makes several substantive changes to the intellectual property enforcement information-sharing provisions. Most notably, it adds a new notification requirement obligating CBP to inform rights holders when nonpublic information is shared with them. It also refines the scope of merchandise descriptions (packaging, containers, labels) and restructures how nonpublic information from online marketplaces and freight forwarders is defined.

REQUIREMENT

A new paragraph (4) requires that when CBP provides nonpublic information about merchandise to a rights holder, it must also provide notification of the information transmitted, in accordance with regulations the Secretary may prescribe.

SCOPE

The description of merchandise data expanded from 'packaging' alone to include 'its packaging, packing materials, containers, and labels,' and a new provision addresses language related to 'images of the merchandise.'

TECHNICAL

Changed 'shipping containers' to simply 'containers' (removing the shipping qualifier) and changed 'each place it appears' to 'the first place it appears' for where the packaging language is inserted in the statute.

DEFINITION

Restructured the nonpublic information provision from two separate sub-requirements (generated by an entity AND provided to CBP) into a single combined clause, making the CBP possession requirement a qualifier on the information rather than a standalone condition.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Aug 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4551)

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Aug 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Aug 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

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Aug 1, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Aug 1, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor