S. 2677 · 119th Congress

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

Introduced on Aug 1, 2025 by Chuck Grassley (R-IA). One cosponsor. Latest action (Aug 10, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Aug 1, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Subjects

  • Customs enforcement
  • Government information and archives
  • Intellectual property

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Aug 1, 2025). Public domain.

This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide information to certain persons (e.g., trademark or copyright owners) regarding suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

Under current law, if CBP suspects that merchandise is being imported in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws, it may request assistance from specified persons when determining whether the merchandise is imported in violation of these laws. To permit the party to conduct examination and testing, CBP must provide them with specified information that appears on the merchandise and its packaging and labels.

This bill (1) expands the definition of person to allow CBP to request assistance from any other appropriate party with an interest in the imported merchandise, and (2) expands the scope of information that CBP is authorized to share with others to include information on and images of packing materials and shipping containers.

The bill allows CBP to request this assistance if it has a reasonable suspicion (currently, suspects) that the merchandise being imported is in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws.

Additionally, CBP may provide a person with nonpublic information about the imported merchandise that was generated by an online marketplace or similar market platform, express consignment operator, freight forwarder, or any other entity that plays a role in the sale, importation, or facilitation of the merchandise into the United States and has been provided to, shared with, or obtained by CBP.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Chuck GrassleyR-IASponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Aug 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Aug 7, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Aug 7, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Aug 7, 2026 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4551)
  6. Aug 7, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Aug 7, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4551)
  8. Aug 10, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  9. Aug 10, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  10. Aug 10, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  2. American Apparel & Footwear Association4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  3. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $5.6M reported (all issues)
  4. THE INTERNATIONAL ANTICOUNTERFEITING COALITION, INC.4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  5. Travel Goods Association4 reports
    $30.9K reported (all issues)
  6. EBAY INC3 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  7. INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)
  8. FDD Action2 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS2 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.