Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102

§4345 Joint Strategic Plan for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

Title 19 › CHAPTER 28 — TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — IMPORT-RELATED PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS › § 4345

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must include three things in their joint strategic plan. They must describe DHS efforts to enforce intellectual property rights; list the 10 U.S. ports with the largest seizures of infringing goods by volume and value for the most recent 2‑year period with available data; and recommend how to allocate personnel, resources, and technology so CBP and ICE can adequately enforce those rights.

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Title 19, §4345

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The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall include in the joint strategic plan required by section 4314 of this title—

(1)a description of the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to enforce intellectual property rights;

(2)a list of the 10 United States ports of entry at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized the most merchandise, both by volume and by value, that infringes intellectual property rights during the most recent 2-year period for which data are available; and

(3)a recommendation for the optimal allocation of personnel, resources, and technology to ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are adequately enforcing intellectual property rights.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4345

Title 19, Customs Duties

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102