3.0.0 1911 2023-01-15T09:03:29Z 2023-01-15T09:03:29Z Senate S S 2003-11-20 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-21T00:38:21Z 2003-11-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-11-20 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Administration of justice American investments Caribbean area Commerce Copyright Crime and Law Enforcement Dispute settlement Economics and Public Finance Electronic commerce Exports Free trade Governmental investigations Information technology Intellectual property International Affairs Latin America Patent infringement Patents Science, Technology, Communications Tariff preferences Technological innovations Trade agreements Trade negotiations Trademark agreements Trademarks Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2003-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-14T15:13:07Z Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to make specified determinations about U.S. rights within 30 days after a dispute settlement procedure is concluded if the USTR considers that U.S. rights are involved under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) or the GATT 1994 relating to products subject to intellectual property protection.

Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) to require the USTR to ensure a timely review and disposition of requests received from an interested party that the President reconsider the status of a country as a beneficiary country under such Acts.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974, CBERA, and ATPA to revise the requirement that the President, when making a determination to designate a country as a beneficiary developing country entitled to certain trade benefits, to take into account, among other things, the extent to which such country is providing adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights. Requires the President to make such determination notwithstanding the fact that the country may be in compliance with TRIPS (thus making TRIPS compliance necessary but not sufficient evidence of adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights).

]]> A bill to amend the provisions of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to violations of the TRIPS Agreement, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the provisions of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to violations of the TRIPS Agreement, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the provisions of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to violations of the TRIPS Agreement, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2003-11-20T05:00:00Z 2003-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.