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This Act may be cited as the . Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement 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 risk assessment targeting and trade alerts. 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. Establishment of new importer program. Sec. 116. Customs broker identification of importers. Sec. 117. Requirements applicable to non-resident importers. Sec. 118. Priority trade issues. Sec. 119.

Appropriate congressional committees defined. 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—Prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Application to Canada and Mexico. Subtitle A—Actions Relating to Enforcement of Trade Remedy Laws Sec. 411. Trade remedy law enforcement division. Sec. 412. Collection of information on evasion of trade remedy laws. Sec. 413. Access to information. Sec. 414. Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws. Sec. 415.

Trade negotiating objectives. Subtitle B—Investigation of Evasion of Trade Remedy Laws Sec. 421. Procedures for investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Sec. 422. Government Accountability Office report. Subtitle C—Other Matters Sec. 431. Allocation and training of personnel. Sec. 432. Annual report on prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Sec. 433. Addressing circumvention by new shippers. Title V—Improvements to antidumping and countervailing duty laws Sec. 501.

Short title. Sec. 502. Consequences of failure to cooperate with a request for information in a proceeding. Sec. 503. Definition of material injury. Sec. 504. Particular market situation. Sec. 505. Distortion of prices or costs. Sec. 506. Reduction in burden on Department of Commerce by reducing the number of voluntary respondents. Sec. 507. Application to Canada and Mexico. Title VI—Additional enforcement provisions Sec. 601. Trade enforcement priorities. Sec. 602. Exercise of WTO authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations under trade agreements.

Sec. 603. Trade monitoring. Title VII—Currency manipulation Sec. 701. Enhancement of engagement on currency exchange rate and economic policies with certain major trading partners of the United States. Sec. 702. Advisory committee on international exchange rate policy. Title VIII—Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Title IX—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 901. De minimis value.

Sec. 902. Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions. Sec. 903. Penalties for customs brokers. Sec. 904. Amendments to chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Sec. 905. Exemption from duty of residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States. Sec. 906. Drawback and refunds. Sec. 907. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Sec. 908. United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement.

Sec. 909. Elimination of consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor; report. Sec. 910. Customs user fees. Sec. 911. Report on certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreements. Sec. 912. Amendments to Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. Sec. 913. Certain interest to be included in distributions under Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000. Sec. 914.

Report on competitiveness of U.S. recreational performance outerwear industry. Sec. 915. Increase in penalty for failure to file return of tax.