Today, Congressman Blake Moore’s Counterfeit Notification Act passed the House of Representatives. Introduced with Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL), this legislation halts counterfeit and pirated imports into the United States. The bill changes how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can share the packing and shipping information of suspected counterfeit products with key intellectual property rights holders, transportation carriers, and e-commerce platforms.
This bill passed the Ways and Means Committee in December of 2025 by a bipartisan vote of 40-0.
“The global economy is flush with threats from counterfeiters, IP thieves, and black-market traders,” Rep. Moore said. “This bill unlocks real-time intelligence sharing between CBP and the private sector that will help shut down these networks and cut off the flow of counterfeit products before they reach American shores. This will safeguard American businesses and protect our citizens from dangerous counterfeit goods. I’m thrilled that this bill has generated strong bipartisan support and passed the House of Representatives today.”
“The limits placed on information sharing between Customs and Border Protection officials and private businesses when it comes to stopping intellectual property theft are needless and counterproductive,” said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08). “Expanding CBP’s ability to coordinate with those who have a vested interest in protecting American innovation will improve our law enforcement capabilities and help protect and preserve the well-established IP laws in America that fuel innovation and allow entrepreneurs to thrive. I commend Representative Moore for his leadership in defending strong trade enforcement that provides for the development of cutting-edge technology – whether in the heart of the Silicon Slopes in his home state of Utah or in communities across this country.”
Counterfeit goods undercut American businesses, threaten jobs, and endanger public safety. I’m extremely proud that the House has passed this important legislation that enhances CBP’s ability to disrupt counterfeit trafficking networks and better safeguards our economy and communities. I’m proud to have worked closely with my colleague on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Blake Moore to advance this legislation through the House, and I look forward to swift passage in the Senate,” Rep. Schneider said.
Background:
While CBP’s job is to identify counterfeit products at U.S. ports of entry and flag for businesses when they suspect a particular shipment might be counterfeit or pirated, they are currently only allowed to provide limited information about shipments in question. CBP is not permitted to share packing materials (such as the external container in which goods are shipped), images, labels, invoices, or packing slips that identify the product’s country of origin with key parties such as property rights holders, carriers like DHL, UPS, or FedEx, and e-commerce platforms like Etsy and Amazon.
This bill provides explicit authority for CBP to share all relevant information with companies, carriers, and platforms when a shipment in question contains suspected counterfeit or pirated products. The bill also broadens the range of parties with whom CBP can disclose such information, including shipping companies and e-commerce sites where the product in question may be sold.
Under this bill, CBP is allowed to share:
- Shipping labels and tracking numbers
- Sender and recipient addresses
- Invoices and manifests
- Outer packaging images, like courier tape, weight notations, and box markings
- Container-level packaging information and data
This means CBP could flag patterns of behaviors such as:
- Repeat senders across multiple shipments
- “Drop addresses” used by organized counterfeiters
- Common entry ports or air routes
Example: A counterfeit electronics shipment from Shenzhen repeatedly enters via the Port of Los Angeles using the same fake return address and tracking patterns. With this bill, CBP can share these patterns with carriers like UPS, DHL, and FedEx to intercept future parcels earlier in the pipeline.
You can read the full bill here and watch Rep. Moore’s floor speech here.
