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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KING of Iowa:H.R. 902.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress's Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nationsunder Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.[Page H1338]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Protect American IPR Act</b></p> <p>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 as a result of violations in China or by any Chinese person, including governmental entities of China.</p> <p>The bill establishes a fund to compensate U.S. intellectual property rights holders injured by such violations.</p>]]></text>
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