International Mail Advance Electronic Data (STOP Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-10-08 — Low-Value Shipments: cross-connection with low-value-shipments-informal-entry: Extra carrier data collection on mail packages builds on the STOP Act’s advance electronic data regime for international mail. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-09-04 — STOP Act 2.0: A Senate bill labeled ‘STOP Act 2.0’ (introduced) would criminalize falsifying a package’s country of origin to evade advance electronic data requirements, sunset CBP’s authority to grant country exemptions five years after enactment, and expand testing, training, and information-sharing to detect fentanyl in international mail. (novelty: 2)