; Whereas, according to the World Trademark review, as of March 25, 2021, there were 2,054 COVID–19 related seizures, including counterfeit masks and medicines totaling in excess of $47,200,000, with 265 arrests; Whereas, in September 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) issued its first Public Safety Alert in 6 years to warn the public about the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills in the United States, pills that often contain deadly doses of fentanyl, and as of July 2023, the DEA has seized a staggering 39,200,000 fentanyl-laced prescription pills; Whereas counterfeit products threaten the United States economy and job creation, and according to United States Customs and Border Protection, counterfeiting and piracy cost businesses in the United States more than $200,000,000,000 per year and has led to the loss of 750,000 jobs; Whereas, in 2022, the United States Customs and Border Protection seized more than 24,500,000 counterfeit goods, with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of over $2,980,000,000 if the goods were genuine, which equates to about $8,164,383 in counterfeit goods seizures every day; Whereas the manufacturing, trade, and consumption of counterfeit products are on the rise; Whereas, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as of 2020, at least 20 percent of counterfeit and pirated goods sold abroad displace sales in the United States, and of the $143,000,000,000 sold of such goods, the United States economy suffers a loss of around $29,000,000,000 per year; Whereas businesses of all sizes collectively spend millions of dollars to protect and enforce their own brand and products by removing counterfeit products from both online and physical marketplaces; Whereas businesses must devote resources to combating counterfeit products instead of using those resources to grow their business by hiring new employees and developing new products