Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-110
§4404 Report on Actions Taken by United States Trade Representative
Title 19 › CHAPTER 28 — TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS › § 4404
Summary
The U.S. Trade Representative must, within one year after the first Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator is appointed and annually, report to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees on prior-year enforcement and other steps to protect and advance U.S. innovation and intellectual property.
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Title 19, §4404
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Not later than one year after the appointment of the first Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 2171(b) of this title, as amended by subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report describing in detail—
(1)enforcement actions taken by the Trade Representative during the one-year period preceding the submission of the report to ensure the protection of United States innovation and intellectual property interests; and
(2)other actions taken by the Trade Representative to advance United States innovation and intellectual property interests.
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Subsection (a), referred to in text, means section 609(a) of Pub. L. 114–125, par. (1) of which amended section 2171(b)(2) of this title.
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19 U.S.C. § 4404
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110