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US SB2725
Bill
AI Summary
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Increases criminal penalties for mail fraud involving misrepresentation of a country of origin in international mail shipments, adding fines and up to 5 years imprisonment on top of existing mail fraud penalties, with Department of Homeland Security authorized to seize and forfeit such shipments
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Terminates the authority to exclude countries from the 100% advance electronic information requirement for international mail shipments 5 years after enactment, closing a loophole in the original STOP Act of 2018
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Requires annual reports from the Secretary of Homeland Security to Congress on compliance with advance electronic information requirements, including data quality assessments, search results, detection of illicit narcotics and counterfeit goods, and technology used to detect synthetic opioids
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Authorizes public-private partnerships with parcel services and IT entities to develop technology for identifying origins of fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other illicit substances, and permits international information sharing with allied governments on shippers with trafficking histories
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Mandates CBP officer training on detecting synthetic opioids and requires a GAO report within one year evaluating implementation of the original STOP Act of 2018, including identification of gaps exploited by drug traffickers
Legislative Description
STOP Act 2.0
Foreign trade and international finance
Last Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
9/4/2025