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This Act may be cited as the . Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Sec. 101. Improving partnership programs. Sec. 102. Report on effectiveness of trade enforcement activities. Sec. 103. Priorities and performance standards for customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs.
Sec. 104. Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade. Sec. 105. Joint strategic plan. Sec. 106. Automated Commercial Environment. Sec. 107. International Trade Data System. Sec. 108. Consultations with respect to mutual recognition arrangements. Sec. 109. Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. Sec. 110. Centers of Excellence and Expertise.
Sec. 111. Commercial Targeting Division and National Targeting and Analysis Groups. Sec. 112. Report on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures. Sec. 113. Report on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond. Sec. 114. Importer of record program. Sec. 115. Customs broker identification of importers. Sec. 116. Establishment of new importer program. Sec. 117. Requirements applicable to non-resident importers. Sec. 118. Single entry bond for suspected evasion.
Title II—Import health and safety Sec. 201. Interagency import safety working group. Sec. 202. Joint import safety rapid response plan. Sec. 203. Training. Title III—Import-related protection of intellectual property rights Sec. 301. Definition of intellectual property rights. Sec. 302. Exchange of information related to trade enforcement. Sec. 303. Seizure of circumvention devices. Sec. 304. Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright registration is pending.
Sec. 305. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Sec. 306. Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 307. Personnel dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 308. Training with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 309. International cooperation and information sharing. Sec. 310. Report on intellectual property rights enforcement. Sec. 311. Information for travelers regarding violations of intellectual property rights.
Title IV—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 401. De minimis value. Sec. 402. Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions. Sec. 403. Penalties for customs brokers. Sec. 404. Amendments to chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Sec. 405. Exemption from duty of residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States. Sec. 406. Drawback and refunds. Sec. 407. Elimination of consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor; report.
Title V—Prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders Subtitle A—Actions relating to enforcement of trade remedy laws Sec. 501. Prevention and investigation of evasion. Sec. 502. Application to Canada and Mexico. Subtitle B—Other matters Sec. 511. Definitions. Sec. 512. Allocation and training of personnel. Sec. 513. Regulations. Sec. 514. Annual report on prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Sec. 515. Government Accountability Office report on reliquidation authority.
Sec. 516. Addressing circumvention by new shippers.