[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 50 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 50   

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the 
    current negotiations between the United States and the People's 
    Republic of China on the issue of intellectual property rights 
                              protection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 1995

 Mr. Mineta (for himself, Mr. Moorhead, and Mr. Conyers) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the 
    current negotiations between the United States and the People's 
    Republic of China on the issue of intellectual property rights 
                              protection.

Whereas intellectual property and its protection are critical to United States 
        competitiveness;
Whereas the ineffective enforcement of intellectual property rights in foreign 
        countries costs United States industry billions of dollars annually in 
        lost sales and royalties;
Whereas the loss of income to United States industry as a result of ineffective 
        intellectual property rights protection results in the loss of high 
        wage, high quality jobs for Americans; and
Whereas private and public entities within the People's Republic of China have a 
        long and well documented history of intellectual property piracy: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the United States Trade Representative should 
continue to insist that the People's Republic of China take the 
necessary steps to enforce its laws protecting intellectual property 
rights and thereby control the piracy of intellectual property rights 
of individuals and business enterprises in the United States.
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