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HR 1048 115th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Asia China Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Intellectual property Tariffs

To direct the President to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 2017 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 14, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to report to Congress annually on the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of intellectual property rights violations in China.

The USTR must : (1) impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of such violations, and (2) distribute the proceeds of such duties to such U.S. intellectual property rights holders on a proportional basis.

What's happening now February 24, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2