; mitigation A penalty imposed under this clause may be remitted or mitigated, as appropriate, under section 618. (v) Regulations Except with respect to merchandise the importation of which into the United States is prohibited or merchandise subject to a presumption of inadmissibility by operation of law, the Secretary, in promulgating such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subparagraph, shall give due consideration, where appropriate, with respect to the manner in which documentation or information that is provided to U.S. Customs and Border Protection prior to entry of the merchandise to which the documentation or information relates, and pursuant to such regulations, will support trade facilitation (as defined in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4301 )), including whether such documentation or information would— (I) facilitate the priority processing and expedited release of merchandise from customs custody; (II) reduce redundancies in the trade data that parties in a supply chain are required to provide; and (III) allow for the opportunity to resolve requests for additional information prior to departure or arrival of the merchandise. (vi) Definition In this subparagraph, the terms provide , providing , and provision , with respect to documentation or information provided to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, include— (I) the submission or transmission of the documentation or information; (II) the provision of the documentation or information in a manner that is progressive over time, as long as such provision concludes prior to conversion into an entry filing under subparagraph (B), and may include documentation or information that is also provided to U.S. Customs and Border Protection pursuant to other requirements or authorities