Common use of Interagency Collaboration Clause in Contracts

Interagency Collaboration. The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall lead interagency efforts to collaborate with law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries to enforce intellectual property rights. (Pub. L. 114–125, title III, § 309, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 153.) Not later than September 30, 2016, and annu- ally thereafter, the Commissioner and the Direc- tor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce- ment shall jointly submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com- mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report that contains the fol- lowing: (1) With respect to the enforcement of intel- lectual property rights, the following: (A) The number of referrals, during the preceding year, from U.S. Customs and Bor- der Protection to U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement relating to infringement of intellectual property rights. (B) The number of investigations relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights referred by U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement to a United States attor- ney for prosecution and the United States attorneys to which those investigations were referred. (C) The number of such investigations ac- cepted by each such United States attorney and the status or outcome of each such in- vestigation. (D) The number of such investigations that resulted in the imposition of civil or ▇▇▇▇▇- nal penalties. (E) A description of the efforts of U.S. Cus- toms and Border Protection and U.S. Immi- gration and Customs Enforcement to im- prove the success rates of investigations and prosecutions relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights. (2) An estimate of the average time required by the Office of Trade established under sec- tion 2084 of this title to respond to a request from port personnel for advice with respect to whether merchandise detained by U.S. Cus- toms and Border Protection infringed intellec- tual property rights, distinguished by types of intellectual property rights infringed. (3) A summary of the outreach efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Im- migration and Customs Enforcement with re- spect to— (A) the interdiction and investigation of, and the sharing of information between those agencies and other Federal agencies to prevent, the infringement of intellectual property rights; (B) collaboration with private sector enti- ties— (i) to identify trends in the infringement of, and technologies that infringe, intellec- tual property rights; (ii) to identify opportunities for en- hanced training of officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigra- tion and Customs Enforcement; and (iii) to develop best practices to enforce intellectual property rights; and (C) coordination with foreign governments and international organizations with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Interagency Collaboration. The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall lead interagency efforts to collaborate with law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries to enforce intellectual property rights. (Pub. L. 114–125, title III, § 309, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 153.) Not later than September 30, 2016, and annu- ally thereafter, the Commissioner and the Direc- tor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce- ment shall jointly submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com- mittee Commit- tee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives Rep- resentatives a report that contains the fol- lowingfollow- ing: (1) With respect to the enforcement of intel- lectual property rights, the following: (A) The number of referrals, during the preceding year, from U.S. Customs and Bor- der Protection to U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement relating to infringement of intellectual property rights. (B) The number of investigations relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights referred by U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement to a United States attor- ney for prosecution and the United States attorneys to which those investigations were referred. (C) The number of such investigations ac- cepted by each such United States attorney and the status or outcome of each such in- vestigation. (D) The number of such investigations that resulted in the imposition of civil or ▇▇▇▇▇- nal penalties. (E) A description of the efforts of U.S. Cus- toms and Border Protection and U.S. Immi- gration and Customs Enforcement to im- prove the success rates of investigations and prosecutions relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights. (2) An estimate of the average time required by the Office of Trade established under sec- tion 2084 of this title to respond to a request from port personnel for advice with respect to whether merchandise detained by U.S. Cus- toms and Border Protection infringed intellec- tual property rights, distinguished by types of intellectual property rights infringed. (3) A summary of the outreach efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Im- migration and Customs Enforcement with re- spect to— (A) the interdiction and investigation of, and the sharing of information between those agencies and other Federal agencies to prevent, the infringement of intellectual property rights; (B) collaboration with private sector enti- ties— (i) to identify trends in the infringement of, and technologies that infringe, intellec- tual property rights; (ii) to identify opportunities for en- hanced training of officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigra- tion and Customs Enforcement; and (iii) to develop best practices to enforce intellectual property rights; and (C) coordination with foreign governments and international organizations with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.