19 U.S.C. § 4344 — National Intellectual Property Rights Co-

Page 1103 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 4345 (1), if that person is included on a list to be es- tablished and maintained by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall publish notice of the es- tablishment of and revisions to the list in the Federal Register. (3) Regulations Not later than the date that is one year after February 24, 2016, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations establishing proce- dures that implement this section. (Pub. L. 114–125, title III, § 303(b), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 150.) § 4343. Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright reg- istration is pending Not later than the date that is 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Secretary of Homeland Se- curity shall authorize a process pursuant to which the Commissioner shall enforce a copy- right for which the owner has submitted an ap- plication for registration under title 17 with the United States Copyright Office, to the same ex- tent and in the same manner as if the copyright were registered with the Copyright Office, in- cluding by sharing information, images, and samples of merchandise suspected of infringing the copyright under section 1628a of this title. (Pub. L. 114–125, title III, § 304, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 150.) § 4344. National Intellectual Property Rights Co- ordination Center (a) Establishment The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (1) establish within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement a National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; and (2) appoint an Assistant Director to head the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordi- nation Center. (b) Duties The Assistant Director of the National Intel- lectual Property Rights Coordination Center shall— (1) coordinate the investigation of sources of merchandise that infringe intellectual prop- erty rights to identify organizations and indi- viduals that produce, smuggle, or distribute such merchandise; (2) conduct and coordinate training with other domestic and international law enforce- ment agencies on investigative best prac- tices— (A) to develop and expand the capability of such agencies to enforce intellectual prop- erty rights; and (B) to develop metrics to assess whether the training improved enforcement of intel- lectual property rights; (3) coordinate, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, activities conducted by the United States to prevent the importation or expor- tation of merchandise that infringes intellec- tual property rights; (4) support the international interdiction of merchandise destined for the United States that infringes intellectual property rights; (5) collect and integrate information regard- ing infringement of intellectual property rights from domestic and international law enforcement agencies and other non-Federal sources; (6) develop a means to receive and organize information regarding infringement of intel- lectual property rights from such agencies and other sources; (7) disseminate information regarding in- fringement of intellectual property rights to other Federal agencies, as appropriate; (8) develop and implement risk-based alert systems, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to improve the tar- geting of persons that repeatedly infringe in- tellectual property rights; (9) coordinate with the offices of United States attorneys in order to develop expertise in, and assist with the investigation and pros- ecution of, crimes relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights; and (10) carry out such other duties as the Sec- retary of Homeland Security may assign. (c) Coordination with other agencies In carrying out the duties described in sub- section (b), the Assistant Director of the Na- tional Intellectual Property Rights Coordina- tion Center shall coordinate with— (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; (2) the Food and Drug Administration; (3) the Department of Justice; (4) the Department of Commerce, including the United States Patent and Trademark Of- fice; (5) the United States Postal Inspection Serv- ice; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (7) any Federal, State, local, or inter- national law enforcement agencies that the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs En- forcement considers appropriate; and (8) any other entities that the Director con- siders appropriate. (d) Private sector outreach (1) In general The Assistant Director of the National Intel- lectual Property Rights Coordination Center shall work with U.S. Customs and Border Pro- tection and other Federal agencies to conduct outreach to private sector entities in order to determine trends in and methods of infringing intellectual property rights. (2) Information sharing The Assistant Director shall share informa- tion and best practices with respect to the en- forcement of intellectual property rights with private sector entities, as appropriate, in order to coordinate public and private sector efforts to combat the infringement of intellec- tual property rights. (Pub. L. 114–125, title III, § 305, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 151.) § 4345. Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall in-