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HR 6128 117th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance

Protect American IPR Act

Introduced: December 2, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 2, 2021
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Protect American IPR Act

This bill addresses the effects of violations of U.S. intellectual property rights in China or by Chinese persons. The bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to study the losses of revenue to holders of those rights. It directs the USTR to impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the annual loss of revenue to U.S. intellectual property rights holders reduced by the amount of tariffs collected for such violations.

Duties collected must be used to compensate U.S. intellectual property rights holders injured by such violations.

What's happening now December 2, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Donalds, Byron
Florida · Dec 14, 2021
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Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Dec 2, 2021
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Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Dec 2, 2021
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Dec 2, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6128: Protect American IPR Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6128/
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"H.R. 6128: Protect American IPR Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6128/.
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H.R. 6128, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6128/.
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[H.R. 6128: Protect American IPR Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6128/)
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