the database into operation, as well as any recommenda-
tions for needed changes to legislation to make the data-
base more effective. The plan shall also include budget es-
timates for implementation and operation of the database, 
and for evaluation of its effectiveness, and a timetable for 
such implementation. 
(f) TIMING.—The Commissioner shall complete the 
plan in a timely fashion that will permit its inclusion in 
the first annual strategic plan prepared under section 313. 
SEC. 328. CIVIL FINES FOR IMPORTATION OF PIRATED OR 
COUNTERFEIT GOODS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON MITIGATION, DISMISSAL, AND 
VACATION
OF FINES.—Unless otherwise ordered by a 
court of competent jurisdiction, any civil fine imposed pur-
suant to section 526(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1526(f))— 
(1) may not be mitigated, except pursuant to 
regulations issued by the Commissioner; and 
(2) may not be dismissed or vacated, except 
pursuant to regulations issued by the Commissioner 
that require the specific approval of the Commis-
sioner or the Commissioner’s designee for such dis-
missal or vacation. 
(b) EXTRAORDINARY CASES.—In issuing regulations 
under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall ensure that 
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the mitigation, dismissal, or vacation of civil fines for in-
volvement in the importation, exportation, or trans-
shipment of pirated or counterfeit goods is limited to ex-
traordinary cases in which the interests of justice will 
clearly be served by such action. 
(c) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Commissioner 
shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, report to the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives on the following: 
(1) Whether CBP currently has the authority to 
employ effective collection techniques for collecting 
civil fines it imposes on participants in the importa-
tion, exportation, or transshipment of pirated or 
counterfeit goods. 
(2) If CBP lacks such authority, the Commis-
sioner’s recommendations for legislation to provide 
CBP with such authority. 
(3) If CBP has such authority, how CBP is 
using such authority, and with what results in terms 
of increased collections of fines imposed. 
(4) The Commissioner’s recommendations on 
whether, in specific cases, copyright or trademark 
owners should be authorized to pursue and collect 
fines imposed because of activities that infringe their 
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intellectual property rights, and whether such copy-
right or trademark owners should be allowed to re-
tain some or all of the funds that they collect. 
(5) Any other recommendations for statutory, 
regulatory, or policy changes not under the control 
of CBP that would improve the ability of CBP to 
impose civil fines, at deterrent levels, on participants 
in trafficking in counterfeit or pirated goods, and to 
collect the fines imposed. 
(d) DEFINITION.—As used in subsection (c), the term 
‘‘effective collection techniques’’ includes— 
(1) confiscation of the proceeds of acts for 
which civil fines can be imposed; 
(2) seizure of and execution upon property ac-
quired with such proceeds; 
(3) imposition of liens on the real or personal 
property of persons upon whom civil fines are im-
posed; 
(4) use of bonds to secure full payment of fines; 
(5) piercing the corporate veil of corporations 
upon which civil fines are imposed, in order to sat-
isfy the fine from the assets of natural persons or 
of other legal persons; and 
(6) engaging private sector entities to collect 
civil fines imposed. 
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CHAPTER 3—TRAINING ENHANCEMENTS 
SEC. 331. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE ENHANCEMENTS. 
The Secretary shall take the necessary steps— 
(1) to increase staffing and resources of offices 
of CBP and ICE engaged in providing training and 
technical assistance to the customs services and en-
forcement agencies of other countries in order to im-
prove the effectiveness of such foreign services and 
agencies in detecting, intercepting, and imposing de-
terrent penalties upon the export, import, or trans-
shipment of counterfeit or pirated goods, goods that 
are the subject to exclusion orders, and goods that 
violate other forms of intellectual property rights; 
(2) to ensure that the Director, in order to 
make the most efficient and effective use of training 
and technical assistance resources— 
(A) coordinates the international training 
and technical assistance activities of CBP and 
ICE as part of the Director’s coordination re-
sponsibilities under subsections (c)(1) and 
(c)(3) of section 312; 
(B) gives priority to such activities in those 
countries where such programs can be carried 
out most effectively and with the greatest ben-
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efit to protecting the intellectual property rights 
of United States right holders; 
(C) takes steps to minimize duplication, 
overlap, or inconsistency of international train-
ing and technical assistance efforts; and 
(D) coordinates such activities of the De-
partment of the Treasury with international 
training and technical assistance activities 
against counterfeiting and piracy carried out by 
other agencies, and enhances the participation 
of Department of the Treasury personnel in 
interagency training and technical assistance 
activities in this field. 
CHAPTER 4—NEW LEGAL TOOLS FOR 
BORDER ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 341. EXPANDED PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORTATION OR 
EXPORTATION OF COUNTERFEIT OR PIRAT-
ED GOODS. 
Section 526 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1526) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OR 
PROTECTED
BY
COPYRIGHT’’ after ‘‘TRADE-
MARK’’; 
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