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
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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
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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