1.Short title; table of
contents(a)This Act may be cited
as the Prioritizing Resources and
Organization for Intellectual Property Act of
2008
.(b)The table of
contents is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Reference.Sec. 3. Definition.TITLE I—Enhancements to Civil Intellectual Property
LawsSec. 101. Registration of claim.Sec. 102. Civil remedies for infringement.Sec. 103. Treble damages in counterfeiting cases.Sec. 104. Statutory damages in counterfeiting
cases.Sec. 105. Importation and exportation.TITLE II—Enhancements to Criminal Intellectual Property
LawsSec. 201. Criminal copyright infringement.Sec. 202. Trafficking in counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or
counterfeit documentation or packaging for works that can be
copyrighted.Sec. 203. Unauthorized fixation.Sec. 204. Unauthorized recording of motion
pictures.Sec. 205. Trafficking in counterfeit goods or
services.Sec. 206. Forfeiture, destruction, and restitution.Sec. 207. Forfeiture under Economic Espionage Act.Sec. 208. Criminal infringement of a copyright.Sec. 209. Technical and conforming amendments.TITLE III—Coordination and strategic planning of Federal effort
against counterfeiting and infringementSec. 301. Intellectual Property Enforcement
Coordinator.Sec. 302. Definition.Sec. 303. Joint strategic plan.Sec. 304. Reporting.Sec. 305. Savings and repeals.Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations.TITLE IV—Department of Justice ProgramsSec. 401. Local law enforcement grants.Sec. 402. Improved investigative and forensic resources for
enforcement of laws related to intellectual property crimes.Sec. 403. Additional funding for resources to investigate and
prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving
computers.Sec. 404. Annual reports.TITLE V—MiscellaneousSec. 501. GAO study on protection of intellectual property of
manufacturers.Sec. 502. GAO audit and report on nonduplication and
efficiency.Sec. 503. Sense of Congress.2.Any reference in this Act to the
Trademark Act of 1946
refers to the Act entitled An Act
to provide for the registration of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out
the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other
purposes
, approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.).3.In this Act, the term United States
person
means—(1)any United States
resident or national,(2)any domestic
concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign
concern), and(3)any foreign
subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any
domestic concern that is controlled in fact by such domestic concern,except that
such term does not include an individual who resides outside the United States
and is employed by an individual or entity other than an individual or entity
described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancements to
Civil Intellectual Property Laws</header><section id="id29C223A350E346669D060E3C2423ED3A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Registration
of claim</header><subsection id="ID12e60c762d3542e3948a8c8f2d2e4985" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation to
civil actions; harmless error</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/411">Section 411</external-xref> of title 17, United
States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="IDb0492799b24043959f2faa848fd596ef" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">civil</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">infringement</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID86de84431e2c46e3a62547ff85ce15db" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="ID00383b79f2fb4a848702169720c4ab8d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>no action</quote> and inserting <quote>no civil
action</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3bc00042b4af429495b6f461f1a0aa1f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>an action</quote> and inserting <quote>a civil
action</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf238c9d2e25849c3b8d8f08f4586d36d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating
subsection (b) as subsection (c);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ac929e9c18d4c0c969f9c74fc5cc032" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(c), as so redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking <quote>506 and sections
509 and</quote> and inserting <quote>505 and section</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f7b4c79cd7c4619a8f4a8298a44b0db" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting
after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9322DDBDE1F6488D8DFAC083FA369D8B" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID22139ccaf34c40f78a664a6fc4a80a86" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1FAA5A57C7AA44B8A06F0B8BCA338EB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certificate of
registration satisfies the requirements of this section and section 412,
regardless of whether the certificate contains any inaccurate information,
unless—</text><subparagraph id="id83FDB9CB5E31496BB34CC5591B571118" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the inaccurate information was
included on the application for copyright registration with knowledge that it
was inaccurate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63C89A9A419D43D089F5634BE28E8A37" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the inaccuracy of the information, if
known, would have caused the Register of Copyrights to refuse
registration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBA80BF462E094426AE267F6EB9407CDB" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any case in which inaccurate
information described under paragraph (1) is alleged, the court shall request
the Register of Copyrights to advise the court whether the inaccurate
information, if known, would have caused the Register of Copyrights to refuse
registration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA577D0F69F614C738A6FAAC9B8B2AA4B" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall
affect any rights, obligations, or requirements of a person related to
information contained in a registration certificate, except for the institution
of and remedies in infringement actions under this section and section
412.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID204c55399ed842bcb57b1ce3ab1fd8d4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and
conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="ID66075cb862ea450195f21e8dcf6909aa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412 of
title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>411(b)</quote> and
inserting <quote>411(c)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc10a08f1ad394c9bbd9afb2c3a962abc" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating
to section 411 in the table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/17/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 17, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C2C0170C5904AD3B25961087728FDA0" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 411. Registration and
civil infringement
actions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD2D5341849694C889560A874F0B22789" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil remedies
for infringement</header><subsection id="id823985C4DA2C422DB5D1F99E3CAE293F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/503">Section 503(a)</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4D0B43E41674D83922972DB87F1866E" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1745FF9EB00A463B9D7188E3F53B88FF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5F15531805CB43ACAAF714949E79C90C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At any time while an
action under this title is pending, the court may order the impounding, on such
terms as it may deem reasonable—</text><subparagraph id="id2EA7B859BB9043D89D87D5977A8B54AA" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of all copies or phonorecords claimed
to have been made or used in violation of the exclusive right of the copyright
owner;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97A16162603B469D870D83BEB447D419" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of all plates, molds, matrices,
masters, tapes, film negatives, or other articles by means of which such copies
of phonorecords may be reproduced; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A21F6990EF84CDBBBBEF3ABA8AEF5B3" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of records documenting the
manufacture, sale, or receipt of things involved in any such violation,
provided that any records seized under this subparagraph shall be taken into
the custody of the court.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C2356C1EE5E4346BA2E09CD63F582F1" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For impoundments of records ordered
under paragraph (1)(C), the court shall enter an appropriate protective order
with respect to discovery and use of any records or information that has been
impounded. The protective order shall provide for appropriate procedures to
ensure that confidential, private, proprietary, or privileged information
contained in such records is not improperly disclosed or used.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81EE8D993A3242A8A304A75B19CD9AB7" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The relevant provisions of paragraphs
(2) through (11) of section 34(d) of the Trademark Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1116">15 U.S.C. 1116(d)(2)</external-xref>
through (11)) shall extend to any impoundment of records ordered under
paragraph (1)(C) that is based upon an ex parte application, notwithstanding
the provisions of rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Any
references in paragraphs (2) through (11) of section 34(d) of the Trademark Act
to section 32 of such Act shall be read as references to section 501 of this
title, and references to use of a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale,
offering for sale, or distribution of goods or services shall be read as
references to infringement of a
copyright.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id686D454F2DCC45809E518CC4C3318921" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protective
order for seized records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 34(d)(7) of the Trademark Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1116">15 U.S.C. 1116(d)(7)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFABA985C5C2842DB85B501CDD7089CFC" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idA517085287DF41B0A30BE9E17C821ECB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any materials
seized under this subsection shall be taken into the custody of the court. For
seizures made under this section, the court shall enter an appropriate
protective order with respect to discovery and use of any records or
information that has been seized. The protective order shall provide for
appropriate procedures to ensure that confidential, private, proprietary, or
privileged information contained in such records is not improperly disclosed or
used.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H6BCFE75351924FC8B228178323922B58" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treble damages
in counterfeiting cases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 35(b) of the Trademark Act of 1946
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1117">15 U.S.C. 1117(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C3842E651F14E2C007ED58818818040" style="OLC"><subsection id="HC4EE013A8B3F4E6EBD03993BCEC8D8C9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In assessing damages under subsection (a)
for any violation of section 32(1)(a) of this Act or section 220506 of title
36, United States Code, in a case involving use of a counterfeit mark or
designation (as defined in section 34(d) of this Act), the court shall, unless
the court finds extenuating circumstances, enter judgment for three times such
profits or damages, whichever amount is greater, together with a reasonable
attorney's fee, if the violation consists of—</text><paragraph id="HC9702842ED8A4A9F9C419CD45EA7CB40" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intentionally using a mark or designation,
knowing such mark or designation is a counterfeit mark (as defined in section
34(d) of this Act), in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or
distribution of goods or services; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB0E6E4937524013AA9C22447C916C3F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing goods or
services necessary to the commission of a violation specified in paragraph (1),
with the intent that the recipient of the goods or services would put the goods
or services to use in committing the violation.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection" commented="no">In such a
case, the court may award prejudgment interest on such amount at an annual
interest rate established under section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, beginning on the date of the service of the claimant’s pleadings
setting forth the claim for such entry of judgment and ending on the date such
entry is made, or for such shorter time as the court considers
appropriate.</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ID92200e41ec234d7287a23a9722d0a63a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statutory
damages in counterfeiting cases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 35(c) of the Trademark Act of 1946
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1117">15 U.S.C. 1117</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="IDb68392f05bb345f0bd0aaea2bb711eda" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(1)—</text><subparagraph id="ID6ce97b7c76ec434fa31552d0add3c452" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>$500</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDac9b2eadab9248bda1656938b1a5533e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa41992ab43844ef0b4ba5cda9b46000f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$2,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HA759956B5A50474D8CCD46E76EF3C77" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Importation and
exportation</header><subsection commented="no" id="H69EDA1B5134E4A24904648D1115E30E4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/17/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 17, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3277D77930A34671A4045C3819A7A0D5" style="USC"><chapter id="HBFE1A17FF025416C87F9BDE265F0064" commented="no" level-type="subsequent"><enum>6</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Manufacturing
requirements, importation, and
exportation</header></chapter><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6D35D736221942C7A3B0BED8FA8CCEB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment on
exportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/602">Section 602(a)</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H3CB169BBD37141809BC6575BEF9D2F2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and
moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H50B7A97DCDC443E9808EF99806B83C16" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a)</quote> and
inserting</text><quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC2958BC57F84495E982FCD6FE1E102DB" style="OLC"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Infringing Importation or
Exportation</header-in-text>.—</text><paragraph id="H3BF3AFD046444491B7DF21A7CD23DBFE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Importation</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HABC430A1603F4FA38F7F00E2271506E7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>This subsection does not apply to— </quote> and inserting the
following:</text><quoted-block id="HB69A9E0B76B04528B4E7CDB9452371FE" style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph commented="no" id="H300954FCBC0C48BE8037A489E142CE04" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Importation or
exportation of infringing items</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Importation into the United States or
exportation from the United States, without the authority of the owner of
copyright under this title, of copies or phonorecords, the making of which
either constituted an infringement of copyright, or which would have
constituted an infringement of copyright if this title had been applicable, is
an infringement of the exclusive right to distribute copies or phonorecords
under section 106, actionable under sections 501 and 506.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9C4B0D4CF640434E89A628216873A99B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This
subsection does not apply
to—</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6AC8A53DBC7F4A2CADB5BC00A308B82F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(3)(A) (as redesignated by this subsection) by inserting <quote>or
exportation</quote> after <quote>importation</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA1E3CC3EFA344AE380CAA3BCEB68FEF9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B) (as redesignated by
this subsection)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H87AE496709C749FD851E86D3B1F59C59" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>importation, for the private use of the importer</quote> and inserting
<quote>importation or exportation, for the private use of the importer or
exporter</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC32DCDD03D8D43599CA4BF7FED5681BC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or departing from the
United States</quote> after <quote>United States</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H03C06BD9CFE14710A9F64F84473583DC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3B43B00B0AE843C7B715364D12F05106"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/602">Section 602</external-xref> of title 17,
United States Code, is further amended—</text><subparagraph id="H3AD7291A965B426884C612E17B72C87E" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">or
exportation</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">importation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AC098D3295E4FAC9E90FD56C4D2225E" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="H67F1E7553F594BFC958DB176B3183917" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) In a
case</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Import
prohibition.—</header-in-text>In a case</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H57E3D176505946410096C06F1277F159" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the United States
Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Customs and Border
Protection</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HB38158216D914D769CC6CC307106E701" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Customs
Service</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Customs and Border
Protection</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9FE1EC124293405B95E791F7FF00CCA" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/601">Section 601(b)(2)</external-xref> of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the United States Customs
Service</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Customs and Border
Protection</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6B405101E7AF43E197576B11A711FDD0" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to chapter 6 in the
table of chapters for title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38ED6EEFC68F41CE8DD27E0623D19DB5" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="chapter" bold="off">6. Manufacturing Requirements,
Importation, and
Exportation ........ 601</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancements to
Criminal Intellectual Property Laws</header><section id="ID92189a3505e44f2d9824e2c81ecb407a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal
copyright infringement</header><subsection id="ID56655119952b48f1a34d8095591ee309" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/506">Section 506(b)</external-xref> of title 17, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0378D766C6B4BC099C9FE252027CD63" style="OLC"><subsection id="IDcff6546477154f5cb7b28d25cb8ae116" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture,
destruction, and restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture, destruction, and
restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323 of title
18, to the extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar
remedies provided by
law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ID8162273a80a94176a7b8e4da2d0a582d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seizures and
forfeitures</header><paragraph id="IDdd4aba07b74a4cdfb08f0b00f4a3173f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
509 of title 17, United States Code, is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID814608ce26b34cf797f9a746cd88219b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 5 of title
17, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section
509.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1f7425386b694a38a1cd37d10a3b10e0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trafficking in
counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or counterfeit documentation or packaging
for works that can be copyrighted</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2318">Section 2318</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ID6f5bfb302cea4de99aa1ff7fda3b01d4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="IDdcd93aaf646f471d94719c7b6845baa6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii),
respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9352c3ae6bea4b82b9656e3d4003ab4e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa43bd8f5c4374e4ba33361f3a20def9e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>Whoever</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Whoever</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb879e4fb6c374f75afe799e7f3fa5df4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending
subsection (d) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA31B558C683D4CB9B4DD1D871CFF628C" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID523a10bb8f74435687049f25562fe3cf" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction of property; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture, destruction, and
restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323, to the
extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar remedies
provided by law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ID499a01a09c214eb78649b4d262f6f02f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID21b76c05ee3648da9dfd35d9190379e3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unauthorized
fixation</header><subsection id="ID033e387aed2e4ca9af866ab8ebc79313" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2319A(b)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id376C0F3CD81946449795192C961DC2DE" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID3fadbf5d8da04f8e82b50d971308e3f4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction of property; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture, destruction, and
restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323, to the
extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar remedies
provided by
law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ID590a7038318549a4ba4263c6124171eb" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2319A(c)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and
inserting: <quote>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations by
which any performer may, upon payment of a specified fee, be entitled to
notification by United States Customs and Border Protection of the importation
of copies or phonorecords that appear to consist of unauthorized fixations of
the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance.</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="ID5400792ee95143d79b4de39a56ef0bc8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unauthorized
recording of motion pictures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2319B">Section 2319B(b)</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20224012B3F348D6B64A6A09DA4F5159" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID93cdf4ecc6c544bab3d342c7b4b6e399" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction of property; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture, destruction, and
restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323, to the
extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar remedies
provided by
law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ID28c30cb4b3f44e3ab936fe41a19e2d8c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trafficking in
counterfeit goods or services</header><subsection id="IDdb968d085cb444d7882c9e54a57f6aba" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2320">Section 2320</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text><paragraph id="ID63f41d834ef2477c8c9d909bc6f46373" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(a)—</text><subparagraph id="IDfad5603128554b72a86bfd56c4a300c1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Whoever</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Offense.—</header-in-text></quote></text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A395420670148BD82EDEAFA1EEC9EB6" style="OLC"><paragraph id="IDfc1213c0734f49c6a2affdcbf50ed8b6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30f6470c353b401285f61f636411c232" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by moving the
remaining text 2 ems to the right; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDec4193707a894f1a90099811eb98c2d7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E6DB70D644C448CA228720697ECC7F1" style="OLC"><paragraph id="IDa5eaefeb84d04b31acd579b90d73ab2d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Serious bodily
harm or death</header><subparagraph id="IDdd241666cdab4d86ad9a34d3dd6e9b02" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Serious bodily
harm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the offender knowingly or recklessly causes or attempts
to cause serious bodily injury from conduct in violation of paragraph (1), the
penalty shall be a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20
years, or both.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeaa927f011474f7c830542b871dc4a19" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Death</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
the offender knowingly or recklessly causes or attempts to cause death from
conduct in violation of paragraph (1), the penalty shall be a fine under this
title or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or
both.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id854B4C4CD4324F37A30A4099511B57CC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95C5F20E44474938BC32FF65D78F5DE9" style="OLC"><subsection id="id4E74A5BD63CF4D1194F16FE788F450D0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transshipment
and exportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No goods or services, the trafficking in of which
is prohibited by this section, shall be transshipped through or exported from
the United States. Any such transshipment or exportation shall be deemed a
violation of section 42 of an Act to provide for the registration of trademarks
used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international
conventions, and for other purposes, approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred
to as the <quote>Trademark Act of 1946</quote> or the <quote>Lanham
Act</quote>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID399a698c55e74083a9202d22193c4218" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction of property; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2320">Section 2320(b)</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB92043A299249C999DD9914511D67EB" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID8a0dd47149264c7c93c913d1cefe584f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture and
destruction of property; restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture, destruction, and
restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323, to the
extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar remedies
provided by
law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="ID00d03e71fbca49aba2f9ddb2ba103dff" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture,
destruction, and restitution</header><subsection id="id03B4CF03F30543489F30B22D8E3B20B8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 113 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7F42C219AD343FEAC67BD2FC036A584" style="OLC"><section id="ID9f5e5fa495eb485a979218f56b08a105" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2323.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture,
destruction, and restitution</header><subsection id="IDc597dfd39c9149b2a4cbe83dc6a405ff" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil
forfeiture</header><paragraph id="IDdb05108069c443698f691e0ddcff2357" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Property
subject to forfeiture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following property is subject to
forfeiture to the United States Government:</text><subparagraph id="ID9e59be01c0574b5f873f4553a9171364" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any article, the
making or trafficking of which is, prohibited under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/506">section 506</external-xref> of title 17, or
section 2318, 2319, 2319A, 2319B, or 2320, or chapter 90, of this title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa7df3ecbbe7f4484b11683a54b5607b9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any property
used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part to commit or facilitate the
commission of an offense referred to in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95ee61329d904904ae25c7c379f14746" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any property
constituting or derived from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly as a
result of the commission of an offense referred to in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc35ff2c5507a4709ba28686bec021e3a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
provisions of chapter 46 relating to civil forfeitures shall extend to any
seizure or civil forfeiture under this section. For seizures made under this
section, the court shall enter an appropriate protective order with respect to
discovery and use of any records or information that has been seized. The
protective order shall provide for appropriate procedures to ensure that
confidential, private, proprietary, or privileged information contained in such
records is not improperly disclosed or used. At the conclusion of the
forfeiture proceedings, unless otherwise requested by an agency of the United
States, the court shall order that any property forfeited under paragraph (1)
be destroyed, or otherwise disposed of according to law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDedee9258493e44d882ddf24886667f56" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal
forfeiture</header><paragraph id="IDdc4cd714e67b4a64a2a3dc6ada6a3de3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Property
subject to forfeiture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court, in imposing sentence on a person
convicted of an offense under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/506">section 506</external-xref> of title 17, or section 2318, 2319,
2319A, 2319B, or 2320, or chapter 90, of this title, shall order, in addition
to any other sentence imposed, that the person forfeit to the United States
Government any property subject to forfeiture under subsection (a) for that
offense.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID485ba06cbe4a4416b37b0a44cc28437c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures</header><subparagraph id="IDace80e18f5d44b30a8254a496cf09d78" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The forfeiture of property under paragraph (1), including
any seizure and disposition of the property and any related judicial or
administrative proceeding, shall be governed by the procedures set forth in
section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/853">21 U.S.C. 853</external-xref>), other than subsection (d) of that section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdf743bb7f17d4d9d9c65b7e1be2d0b26" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Destruction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At
the conclusion of the forfeiture proceedings, the court, unless otherwise
requested by an agency of the United States shall order that any—</text><clause id="ID6536cb916cf24da99f1b55f089db0b61" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forfeited article
or component of an article bearing or consisting of a counterfeit mark be
destroyed or otherwise disposed of according to law; and</text></clause><clause id="ID16e58b732ef9415a9945dc15be3c7db9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">infringing items
or other property described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and forfeited under
paragraph (1) of this subsection be destroyed or otherwise disposed of
according to law.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID39e32850137f4a01a70cf9ddd1e384f6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When
a person is convicted of an offense under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/506">section 506</external-xref> of title 17 or section
2318, 2319, 2319A, 2319B, or 2320, or chapter 90, of this title, the court,
pursuant to sections 3556, 3663A, and 3664 of this title, shall order the
person to pay restitution to any victim of the offense as an offense against
property referred to in section 3663A(c)(1)(A)(ii) of this
title.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ID6cb5363c774747418d846b05d2120a63" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 113 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59AC9C08991640C9AF909161E232B4A5" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 2323. Forfeiture,
destruction, and
restitution.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="ID46e61db7cad54784bb2bdca859cf589c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forfeiture
under economic espionage Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1834">Section 1834</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A73AC9D8C554EC7B6D586C12EF16358" style="OLC"><section id="ID980860f26ea44984b2db9e6ad897effa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1834.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal
forfeiture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Forfeiture,
destruction, and restitution relating to this chapter shall be subject to
section 2323, to the extent provided in that section, in addition to any other
similar remedies provided by
law.</text></section><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="H166D7F9FD1BF42B18FD372C067DF9B7B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal
infringement of a copyright</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2319">Section 2319</external-xref> of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H0AA96B562E2C45AFBA00BF7986100A9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="HCE91C8DCD6E94F23820581D10000F554" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting
<quote>is a felony and</quote> after <quote>offense</quote> the first place
such term appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H309ADEA7BAA5449BA961F3877B353D92" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4FD41BC2208C4C7AAEF658CB864F49A9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(c)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="H835D1830562C40D08E39505607ABB7E3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>is a felony and</quote>
after <quote>offense</quote> the first place such term appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE99C69A60D0746C6A1E2244BE11E1678" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9B950F8DBEBD4F31A1C5C1EB663B5E9F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(d)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="HEE145813719B4982A5F368E462D1FC7D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>is a felony and</quote>
after <quote>offense</quote> the first place such term appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35C55F2FF6934B02BD10E79C5E076D6F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting
<quote>under subsection (a)</quote> before the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DC391A0DAD74B01B9CDDE2783B808C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(4), by inserting
<quote>is a felony and</quote> after <quote>offense</quote> the first place
such term appears.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID47db2e520faf4f349e604286dc0ee905" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and
conforming amendments</header><subsection id="ID26055fcb3ed74897b5da07a47373c304" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to
title 17, United States code</header><paragraph id="ID7af6e6c501c3479893066d737d8265ae" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 109
(b)(4) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>505, and
509</quote> and inserting <quote>and 505</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c190d71c4b7436e9b845f7e615b7d51" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111 of
title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ID824dd799e144435fb42bb36451dba0e4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8fa7b2fd40754bce81952bd3e17e1746" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(c)—</text><clause id="ID11820fed49d74fb7a1a6185a69d8f876" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="IDccd854675d51430fa9d686ca25253e5d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
paragraph (3), by striking <quote>sections 509 and 510</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 510</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="IDa0753edd074a42d488c39eccda8c2baa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(4), by striking <quote>and section 509</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID138ded5394c44df0b2d1aa8acb693cd2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(e)—</text><clause id="IDea7c85e13fdc457ebeb09ec65bc2f1d3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>sections 509 and 510</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 510</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="ID6b73780e441449bc8504ee89c58e0803" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b79fed23dfb4e638067fcd630afc88d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 115(c) of
title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ID9bfb9641f1fd4289af4156ab7be7edde" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(3)(G)(i), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb03ff76dcdc44f549548675602bc2936" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and 509</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDef1822c187d145348d3e7550110ff400" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 119(a) of
title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ID8912c6eb37e34ea2ba33d542376cd1b6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>sections 509 and 510</quote> and inserting <quote>section
510</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID318353d73ae648928d8245a7b53c2af7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(7)(A), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf387eedfbc5d4c2d915c7803fb918d97" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>and 509</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd591aec98082496a828633b94b20031a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph
(13), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID136607edf1b74943bc8342fa17c28a73" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 122 of
title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="IDeb5cb50e4c1243b4ade45dcd42a6aa4c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd853143c15d145a6b317c9c739aff965" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(e), by striking <quote>sections 509 and 510</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 510</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3c3cf79922924920ad0dc1783a4f9e13" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>and 509</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID02e32e1e718a426a9e543d36135bb6e2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 411(b) of
title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>sections 509 and
510</quote> and inserting <quote>section 510</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID25442a1d703b44de8858e79f8492d039" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 596(c)(2)(c) of the Tariff Act of 1950 (19
U.S.C. 1595a(c)(2)(c)) is amended by striking <quote>or 509</quote>.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination
and strategic planning of Federal effort against counterfeiting and
infringement</header><section id="ID60b1e0256c434acaa4d13c02ee11c128" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intellectual
property enforcement coordinator</header><subsection id="ID1a0084fad7f14569850f6ab3e4d76fdb" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intellectual
Property Enforcement Coordinator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Intellectual Property
Enforcement Coordinator (in this title referred to as the <quote>IPEC</quote>)
to serve within the Executive Office of the President. As an exercise of the
rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomination of the IPEC submitted to the
Senate for confirmation, and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID612aab28422c48d3a26a3705e3d9bf53" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of
IPEC</header><paragraph id="ID8dde3c5619ed4514b96ee4f689246538" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The IPEC shall—</text><subparagraph id="IDe20874780ed8472da370065328d64307" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">chair the
interagency intellectual property enforcement advisory committee established
under subsection (b)(3)(A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa54a6ffd4fea4aeb8ac7ef66af0c3160" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the
development of the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement
by the advisory committee under section 303;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc8c5e42846dc4711ad110d7c8ee22699" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist, at the
request of the departments and agencies listed in subsection (b)(3)(A), in the
implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5374A5351DA14E1C87E086DB3ADDEC36" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate the
issuance of policy guidance to departments and agencies on basic issues of
policy and interpretation, to the extent necessary to assure the coordination
of intellectual property enforcement policy and consistency with other
law;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcec8a7a09934c099a317ab1089af96f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to the
President and report to Congress, to the extent consistent with law, regarding
domestic and international intellectual property enforcement programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDec2c77c581ac49e7b98ec57d7b26ef8e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to
Congress, as provided in section 304, on the implementation of the Joint
Strategic Plan, and make recommendations, if any and as appropriate, to
Congress for improvements in Federal intellectual property laws and enforcement
efforts; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06255c8d851146d1b013639c1f2b6a40" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out such
other functions as the President may direct.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0be22e47ffaf4e10a977021cddf3fa42" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The IPEC may not control or direct any law enforcement
agency, including the Department of Justice, in the exercise of its
investigative or prosecutorial authority.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDccc454ffa4174de984c6cd7af51eb809" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory
committee</header><subparagraph id="id11EE4AD044104530A654B486620C9F20" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
is established an interagency intellectual property enforcement advisory
committee composed of the IPEC, who shall chair the committee, and the
following members:</text><clause id="idBAF149CD041B45428F8C0BA1B1B3AE95" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senate-confirmed
representatives of the following departments and agencies who are involved in
intellectual property enforcement, and who are, or are appointed by, the
respective heads of those departments and agencies:</text><subclause id="idF5CF39E31B0B437AB1947D4D79D867B9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of
Management and Budget.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4B80BC1057C8494EB6290E255B0DFAE3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relevant units
within the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Criminal Division.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4EF00B7E998A42ECBEDFA898D4845353" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United
States Patent and Trademark Office and other relevant units of the Department
of Commerce.</text></subclause><subclause id="id09BA4A3B526A4519B6AC994CAF53B400" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of
the United States Trade Representative.</text></subclause><subclause id="idC0EA7A3036C7484085DE5A8AD5E0E5E2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of
State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Bureau
of International Narcotics Law Enforcement.</text></subclause><subclause id="idC043FCD732FB4CA08F6CED34DB99F340" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department
of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection, and United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></subclause><subclause id="id2C775D01F9304FEE8226E8B226640848" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and
Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9BA6D1689B644B03961B1E2227BD5FC9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department
of Agriculture.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF685B9C519342EF9EA049B397B28342"><enum>(IX)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any such other
agencies as the President determines to be substantially involved in the
efforts of the Federal Government to combat counterfeiting and
infringement.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id868C8B0A79014CD48F00BC93FB415D00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Register of
Copyrights, or a senior representative of the United States Copyright Office
appointed by the Register of Copyrights.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID96ab5b87a4304eeca50d819b1b0b1318" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
advisory committee established under subparagraph (A) shall develop the Joint
Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement under section
303.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID88688d9400a4469c9d3e24e4729dcd44" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title, the term
<term>intellectual property enforcement</term> means matters relating to the
enforcement of laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of
intellectual property, and trade secrets, both in the United States and abroad,
including in particular matters relating to combating counterfeit and
infringing goods.</text></section><section id="ID3ed53e072a734d4ba6de7d77b7d731aa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint
strategic plan</header><subsection id="ID69bba75a7f9d49ddb85b4d00705e08fa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement
that is referred to in section 301(b)(1)(B) (in this section referred to as the
<quote>joint strategic plan</quote>) are the following:</text><paragraph id="ID402d224f1aaf4db6bbb0c691fb9ae63a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reducing
counterfeit and infringing goods in the domestic and international supply
chain.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID35a1704715dc4862a21a3729cc5e84e6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying and
addressing structural weaknesses, systemic flaws, or other unjustified
impediments to effective enforcement action against the financing, production,
trafficking, or sale of counterfeit or infringing goods, including identifying
duplicative efforts to enforce, investigate, and prosecute intellectual
property crimes across the Federal agencies and Departments that comprise the
Advisory Committee and recommending how such duplicative efforts may be
minimized. Such recommendations may include recommendations on how to reduce
duplication in personnel, materials, technologies, and facilities utilized by
the agencies and Departments responsible for the enforcement, investigation, or
prosecution of intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDea7b3a3841c74430a223938d267c171b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring that
information is identified and shared among the relevant departments and
agencies, to the extent permitted by law, including requirements relating to
confidentiality and privacy, and to the extent that such sharing of information
is consistent with Department of Justice and other law enforcement protocols
for handling such information, to aid in the objective of arresting and
prosecuting individuals and entities that are knowingly involved in the
financing, production, trafficking, or sale of counterfeit or infringing
goods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4c3ea0eee6bc42ba9cf0b6dbcb53d335" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disrupting and
eliminating domestic and international counterfeiting and infringement
networks.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID14ddc34432e0473fa6644d93db2d3a2a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strengthening the
capacity of other countries to protect and enforce intellectual property
rights, and reducing the number of countries that fail to enforce laws
preventing the financing, production, trafficking, and sale of counterfeit and
infringing goods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3e7a2b1a7c154a0a965ce72e454b5d0c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working with
other countries to establish international standards and policies for the
effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID32038ec01ec3480a89b7a4b649d8f31b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protecting
intellectual property rights overseas by—</text><subparagraph id="ID4b55362006af41b6b194cb7e1f46beab" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">working with
other countries and exchanging information with appropriate law enforcement
agencies in other countries relating to individuals and entities involved in
the financing, production, trafficking, or sale of counterfeit and infringing
goods;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcfd85e5dd4cf4b1eb5b6f88d2c4cc97b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the
information referred to in subparagraph (A) is provided to appropriate United
States law enforcement agencies in order to assist, as warranted, enforcement
activities in cooperation with appropriate law enforcement agencies in other
countries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcd972d570d2a477d9cdf3412a860638a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">building a formal
process for consulting with companies, industry associations, labor unions, and
other interested groups in other countries with respect to intellectual
property enforcement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd1bcb769593b42a2a82a02c4d213a581" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later
than December 31 of every third year thereafter, the IPEC shall submit the
joint strategic plan to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, and to the Committee on the Judiciary and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID942451b3bacb481897ab5e8e83f4a9e2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibility
of the IPEC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the development of the joint strategic plan,
the IPEC—</text><paragraph id="ID37e048d69a49441da0ff9a8ddc31b559" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide
assistance to, and coordinate the meetings and efforts of, the appropriate
officers and employees of departments and agencies represented on the advisory
committee appointed under section 301(b)(3) who are involved in intellectual
property enforcement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID810a8514f48a4c79b95fbd857eec4189" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may consult with
private sector experts in intellectual property enforcement in furtherance of
providing assistance to the members of the advisory committee appointed under
section 301(b)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9de640c4c0134b488a9e2fa468d4f5a8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities
of other departments and agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the development and
implementation of the joint strategic plan, the heads of the departments and
agencies identified under section 301(b)(3) shall—</text><paragraph id="ID57a7d87f6cda4dedbd85475d48bd91cc" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate
personnel with expertise and experience in intellectual property enforcement
matters to work with the IPEC and other members of the advisory committee;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a365337e9f741a9bf7538056c46aa3f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">share relevant
department or agency information with the IPEC and other members of the
advisory committee, including statistical information on the enforcement
activities of the department or agency against counterfeiting or infringement,
and plans for addressing the joint strategic plan, to the extent permitted by
law, including requirements relating to confidentiality and privacy, and to the
extent that such sharing of information is consistent with Department of
Justice and other law enforcement protocols for handling such
information.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbbc14e67ba4241b0bea1b3af09c46fe8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents of the
joint strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each joint strategic plan shall include the
following:</text><paragraph id="IDc2386acd2c5e425c868cc7f4ec5d741b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of
the priorities identified for carrying out the objectives in the joint
strategic plan, including activities of the Federal Government relating to
intellectual property enforcement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID37e37ddb9d7f468182c07b0fe23f82d1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of
the means to be employed to achieve the priorities, including the means for
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government’s
enforcement efforts against counterfeiting and infringement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1346db7af7084355bbeec62a51389ebb" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Estimates of the
resources necessary to fulfill the priorities identified under paragraph
(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b32130ee6de42e6819c3555d465e884" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The performance
measures to be used to monitor results under the joint strategic plan during
the following year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID73ee2e0004e44fb4a82b54d5f857e265" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An analysis of
the threat posed by violations of intellectual property rights, including the
costs to the economy of the United States resulting from violations of
intellectual property laws, and the threats to public health and safety created
by counterfeiting and infringement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID81933a2005574d39bb156724bb3126f9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification
of the departments and agencies that will be involved in implementing each
priority under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5239fa3d68924dd28d226cc8e18675a1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A strategy for
ensuring coordination among the departments and agencies identified under
paragraph (6), which will facilitate oversight by the executive branch of, and
accountability among, the departments and agencies responsible for carrying out
the strategy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f14d47e17e248d1856bbed2879e74a0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other
information as is necessary to convey the costs imposed on the United States
economy by, and the threats to public health and safety created by,
counterfeiting and infringement, and those steps that the Federal Government
intends to take over the period covered by the succeeding joint strategic plan
to reduce those costs and counter those threats.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc0f931d12db945d78629ef3150afe809" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing
enforcement efforts of foreign governments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The joint strategic
plan shall include programs to provide training and technical assistance to
foreign governments for the purpose of enhancing the efforts of such
governments to enforce laws against counterfeiting and infringement. With
respect to such programs, the joint strategic plan shall—</text><paragraph id="ID2b01105139e44c14bb93a6133b6980ce" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to enhance
the efficiency and consistency with which Federal resources are expended, and
seek to minimize duplication, overlap, or inconsistency of efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3bcd46c94a9d480eb0df945d661208d8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and give
priority to those countries where programs of training and technical assistance
can be carried out most effectively and with the greatest benefit to reducing
counterfeit and infringing products in the United States market, to protecting
the intellectual property rights of United States persons and their licensees,
and to protecting the interests of United States persons otherwise harmed by
violations of intellectual property rights in those countries;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID139a4100828d4b169585c1a1ff48613e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in identifying
the priorities under paragraph (2), be guided by the list of countries
identified by the United States Trade Representative under section 182(a) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2242">19 U.S.C. 2242(a)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfbb60f4d2df348e58cc8fa28bd9abef8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop metrics
to measure the effectiveness of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve the
laws and enforcement practices of foreign governments against counterfeiting
and infringement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe17fd36792424a5f9d2c434451b984ae" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissemination
of the joint strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The joint strategic plan shall be
posted for public access on the website of the White House, and shall be
disseminated to the public through such other means as the IPEC may
identify.</text></subsection></section><section id="ID67c26323ea634ccf9399877233750805" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header><subsection id="ID78ef1ef1b65545d7a9bd73bce020bab8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31 of each calendar year beginning
in 2009, the IPEC shall submit a report on the activities of the advisory
committee during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be
submitted to Congress, and disseminated to the people of the United States, in
the manner specified in subsections (b) and (g) of section 303.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID5839c99396b94f7dbf1aae7e1f82415a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
report required by this section shall include the following:</text><paragraph id="ID13ca2820a76545c8bf7fdfcad226a076" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress made
on implementing the strategic plan and on the progress toward fulfillment of
the priorities identified under section 303(e)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb608ba11dde4180a1ce61df9d2cba7a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress made
in efforts to encourage Federal, State, and local government departments and
agencies to accord higher priority to intellectual property enforcement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID049a98df8a284f5189474abb95fa54ad" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress made
in working with foreign countries to investigate, arrest, and prosecute
entities and individuals involved in the financing, production, trafficking,
and sale of counterfeit and infringing goods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID11118724179c4bb6a9f043fa5a8ef1a6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The manner in
which the relevant departments and agencies are working together and sharing
information to strengthen intellectual property enforcement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID641ed70c24e84577b54fbda382715579" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of
the successes and shortcomings of the efforts of the Federal Government,
including departments and agencies represented on the committee established
under section 301(b)(3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID70019f2ae2314009b42a9039ef62578c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations,
if any and as appropriate, for any changes in enforcement statutes,
regulations, or funding levels that the advisory committee considers would
significantly improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the effort of the
Federal Government to combat counterfeiting and infringement and otherwise
strengthen intellectual property enforcement, including through the elimination
or consolidation of duplicative programs or initiatives.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2cb2c77d336b436aa557b6d424074a93" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress made
in strengthening the capacity of countries to protect and enforce intellectual
property rights.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfa9ad8f081f94a7a847dc23b148c14ed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The successes and
challenges in sharing with other countries information relating to intellectual
property enforcement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdec57949ffc340628e35a706fcd15411" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress made
under trade agreements and treaties to protect intellectual property rights of
United States persons and their licensees.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID92e43c59e4c34a51841f7a4a691de80b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The progress
made in minimizing duplicative efforts, materials, facilities, and procedures
of the Federal agencies and Departments responsible for the enforcement,
investigation, or prosecution of intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8db891b6a1fe4fd7820f0e211bc85a34" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations,
if any and as appropriate, on how to enhance the efficiency and consistency
with which Federal funds and resources are expended to enforce, investigate, or
prosecute intellectual property crimes, including the extent to which the
agencies and Departments responsible for the enforcement, investigation, or
prosecution of intellectual property crimes have utilized existing personnel,
materials, technologies, and facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDbf9e029f3e7a4317ac35b948769df01f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings and
repeals</header><subsection id="id5B5472340C51439886BB1B214366261A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transition from
NIPLECC to IPEC</header><paragraph id="id64CFC9FAEA3849FB8B13A12CBB517EA9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of
NIPLECC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 653 of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1128">15 U.S.C. 1128</external-xref>) is repealed effective upon
confirmation of the IPEC by the Senate and publication of such appointment in
the Congressional Record.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE986F3B884584C73AA0C1E26950FAABD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuity of
performance of duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon confirmation by the Senate, and
notwithstanding paragraph (1), the IPEC may use the services and personnel of
the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, for
such time as is reasonable, to perform any functions or duties which in the
discretion of the IPEC are necessary to facilitate the orderly transition of
any functions or duties transferred from the Council to the IPEC pursuant to
any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa34b2d08540c455cb427e668413669ef" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Current
authorities not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (a),
nothing in this title shall alter the authority of any department or agency of
the United States (including any independent agency) that relates to—</text><paragraph id="IDd5045fd3712647b5a20212a25e0a11c3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the investigation
and prosecution of violations of laws that protect intellectual property
rights;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID03f01b64c42c4263afb32b4d7fb6904d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
administrative enforcement, at the borders of the United States, of laws that
protect intellectual property rights; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID11c49287294f4ebc979df349f53d77bd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States
trade agreements program or international trade.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2C1A114F2BD4421288A00C70A0106823" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title—</text><paragraph id="id94038E310C68478BA790CB9ED67D4AAE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall derogate
from the powers, duties, and functions of any of the agencies, departments, or
other entities listed or included under section 301(b)(3)(A); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE4718CBE0574487A89FB561315309481" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be
construed to transfer authority regarding the control, use, or allocation of
law enforcement resources, or the initiation or prosecution of individual cases
or types of cases, from the responsible law enforcement department or
agency.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDac2f4a8d1acf4d9aa0c5d781a7c96dd5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization
of appropriations</header><subsection id="ID4333aa5269af42fba4abd10cf7e65b03" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal
year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of
Justice Programs</header><section id="H4AD135A124974962A8002DE116D030C8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local law
enforcement grants</header><subsection id="H02C68270756847E197CFB0AB8C10B5CE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2 of the Computer Crime Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3713">42 U.S.C. 3713</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H7A953F59CC2248CBA300DD769B17262D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b),
by inserting after <quote>computer crime</quote> each place it appears the
following: <quote>, including infringement of copyrighted works over the
Internet</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H584FA7C937FF41CF8B9B77FAD468BD3F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection
(e)(1), relating to authorization of appropriations, by striking <quote>fiscal
years 2001 through 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2009 through
2013</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF696DEBFF5914AD100B0F8DA6F484245" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice may make grants to
eligible State or local law enforcement entities, including law enforcement
agencies of municipal governments and public educational institutions, for
training, prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of intellectual property
theft and infringement crimes (in this subsection referred to as <quote>IP–TIC
grants</quote>), in accordance with the following:</text><paragraph id="H7B4200A13B294E4B89FC2DCE07003CA2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of IP–TIC
Grant Amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">IP–TIC grants
may be used to establish and develop programs to do the following with respect
to the enforcement of State and local true name and address laws and State and
local criminal laws on anti-infringement, anti-counterfeiting, and unlawful
acts with respect to goods by reason of their protection by a patent,
trademark, service mark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right
under State or Federal law:</text><subparagraph id="HFEB039D5178D46B59200009C77A2981C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assist State and
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing those laws, including by
reimbursing State and local entities for expenses incurred in performing
enforcement operations, such as overtime payments and storage fees for seized
evidence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1049FACD167648609C3226169B76B828" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assist State and
local law enforcement agencies in educating the public to prevent, deter, and
identify violations of those laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H577FB4C3DA9541C0849FCC72F075C3C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educate and train
State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to conduct
investigations and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions in matters
involving those laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10F68EB5140248B7A6392E74CA77D067" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establish task forces that include
personnel from State or local law enforcement entities, or both, exclusively to
conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence and prosecutions in
matters involving those laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DF325320C2242199008F1A3A41FA9AC" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assist State and
local law enforcement officers and prosecutors in acquiring computer and other
equipment to conduct investigations and forensic analyses of evidence in
matters involving those laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C5266F7859B488D948F88D9E5668CFF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilitate and promote the sharing, with
State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors, of the expertise and
information of Federal law enforcement agencies about the investigation,
analysis, and prosecution of matters involving those laws and criminal
infringement of copyrighted works, including the use of multijurisdictional
task forces.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC491A40D5DEB400296A33115B76170E3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
be eligible to receive an IP–TIC grant, a State or local government entity
shall provide to the Attorney General, in addition to the information regularly
required to be provided under the Financial Guide issued by the Office of
Justice Programs and any other information required of Department of Justice's
grantees—</text><subparagraph id="HBBA3C012B6FB4C20983C425B3DE2EFD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assurances that the State in which the
government entity is located has in effect laws described in paragraph
(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE67D32E89974655AD8B4C62B71D3600" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of
the resource needs of the State or local government entity applying for the
grant, including information on the need for reimbursements of base salaries
and overtime costs, storage fees, and other expenditures to improve the
investigation, prevention, or enforcement of laws described in paragraph (1);
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8627BCF1CF5A4CCA9093F7C43F280094" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for
coordinating the programs funded under this section with other federally funded
technical assistance and training programs, including directly funded local
programs such as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3750">42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2043FD60EDC344119122482826F2B150" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of an IP–TIC grant may not exceed 50
percent of the costs of the program or proposal funded by the IP–TIC
grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD1FAD8DDEF5444709067F3329EDDA6B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="H21B2E2750F024E0FA1F513960B8C047" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection the sum of
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5B66FABF8064E068DCC5819069C7F00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of
the amount made available to carry out this subsection in any fiscal year, not
more than 3 percent may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and
administrative expenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID9f9127fdc124493b8a8574ea859f5dd8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improved
investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws related to
intellectual property crimes</header><subsection id="ID87c4e0d7e0ec43d9995ef0995e135009" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry
out this subsection, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall, with respect to crimes related to
the theft of intellectual property—</text><paragraph id="IDe29297e139ef42f89e4aa8e4e0a6839e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that there
are at least 10 additional operational agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation designated to support the Computer Crime and Intellectual
Property Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in the
investigation and coordination of intellectual property crimes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6073913471f047c58301e560a4ff3c3a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that any
Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Crime Unit in the Department of
Justice is supported by at least 1 agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(in addition to any agent supporting such unit as of the date of the enactment
of this Act) to support such unit for the purpose of investigating or
prosecuting intellectual property crimes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c57a1747b9f444493f4783f5eed70ac" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that all
Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Crime Units located at an office of
a United States Attorney are assigned at least 2 Assistant United States
Attorneys responsible for investigating and prosecuting computer hacking or
intellectual property crimes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd5c42fdf25674949b21643316d5e9983" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the
implementation of a regular and comprehensive training program—</text><subparagraph id="ID83506a8c27a54d79ab9487e5b4ff82b7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose of
which is to train agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the
investigation and prosecution of such crimes and the enforcement of laws
related to intellectual property crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID03408af6c489402784347f64c25e52e1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that includes
relevant forensic training related to investigating and prosecuting
intellectual property crimes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID615f2994800c4470bd0c678b458e81a8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organized crime
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out
this subsection, and not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Attorney General, through the United States Attorneys’ Offices,
the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section, and the Organized Crime
and Racketeering section of the Department of Justice, and in consultation with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other Federal law enforcement agencies,
such as the Department of Homeland Security, shall create and implement a
comprehensive, long-range plan to investigate and prosecute international
organized crime syndicates engaging in or supporting crimes relating to the
theft of intellectual property.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDdc1019210a5c4f94ad97624b9088c4a0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></subsection></section><section id="IDc55cfaad9c5c46d1b5f55f73ff53febf" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional
funding for resources to investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes
and other criminal activity involving computers</header><subsection id="IDbefaf7949a354b1d8ff172e54111f3fe" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional
funding for resources</header><paragraph id="ID3673ae820bbc4e60af10322434aa954c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
addition to amounts otherwise authorized for resources to investigate and
prosecute intellectual property crimes and other criminal activity involving
computers, there are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years
2009 through 2013—</text><subparagraph id="IDffb7ba9fb8ec48a4994ecc98e4cd887e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 to
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0b5ee0243bfa40449aee87dadbaef932" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 to
the Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of
Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID814ee2ab2c5247008eb5316a28fd8865" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any
amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until
expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa6a033b51731434fa1f0cc517e435af1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of
additional funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under subsection (a)
shall be used by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Attorney General, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal
Division of the Department of Justice, respectively, to—</text><paragraph id="ID5de0ae7b88874799bf2b42c7d564e91e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hire and train
law enforcement officers to—</text><subparagraph id="ID7170c7645f474c569024152bc6b51a77" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigate
intellectual property crimes and other crimes committed through the use of
computers and other information technology, including through the use of the
Internet; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID09e244f187d4419a98f853f2589cb82d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist in the
prosecution of such crimes; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c51ab99cdb0417387c15bcf1417d95e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enable relevant
units of the Department of Justice, including units responsible for
investigating computer hacking or intellectual property crimes, to procure
advanced tools of forensic science and expert computer forensic assistance,
including from non-governmental entities, to investigate, prosecute, and study
such crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1A49DD04EB649AAAF3BB1B5A36500E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual
reports</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55F553FEC61A46459944E371C5BA3930"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report of the
Attorney General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress on actions
taken to carry out this title. The initial report required under this
subsection shall be submitted by May 1, 2009. All subsequent annual reports
shall be submitted by May 1st of each fiscal year thereafter. The report
required under this subsection may be submitted as part of the annual
performance report of the Department of Justice, and shall include the
following:</text><paragraph id="IDa7132fab858d449183332a36e161491c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
grants issued under section 401, the number and identity of State and local law
enforcement grant applicants, the number of grants issued, the dollar value of
each grant, including a break down of such value showing how the recipient used
the funds, the specific purpose of each grant, and the reports from recipients
of the grants on the efficacy of the program supported by the grant. The
Department of Justice shall use the information provided by the grant
recipients to produce a statement for each individual grant. Such statement
shall state whether each grantee has accomplished the purposes of the grant as
established in section 401(b). Those grantees not in compliance with the
requirements of this title shall be subject, but not limited to, sanctions as
described in the Financial Guide issued by the Office of Justice Programs at
the Department of Justice.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDad8285f720bb40a0b399daf40e3475f1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
the additional agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation authorized under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 402(a), the number of investigations and
actions in which such agents were engaged, the type of each action, the
resolution of each action, and any penalties imposed in each action.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0eeb4b414e84519912d856e6e3f6e3f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
the training program authorized under section 402(a)(4), the number of agents
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation participating in such program, the
elements of the training program, and the subject matters covered by the
program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID750b63eff68a4f669af85ca0f9c9dc8d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
the organized crime plan authorized under section 402(b), the number of
organized crime investigations and prosecutions resulting from such
plan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID46226166833e4c598505d73843fa75e2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
the authorizations under section 403—</text><subparagraph id="id5DA8DE7B8C24464BB007C9AF1AB23E73" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of law
enforcement officers hired and the number trained;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D7965F873EA4AF9ACE1B575E3C159A2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and
type of investigations and prosecutions resulting from the hiring and training
of such law enforcement officers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF045E2AA66F14784B439F71C4668C51D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the defendants
involved in any such prosecutions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1A055EFFF08F40E7B6F5C95D3AA3BFF2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any penalties
imposed in each such successful prosecution;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7FC13DABDC814398B9EEEADEC21330E9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the advanced
tools of forensic science procured to investigate, prosecute, and study
computer hacking or intellectual property crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id226A640460AE45D9AD62156D9E1A14AF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and
type of investigations and prosecutions in such tools were used.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID74a311de63e6486b8d88cdec73524121" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other
information that the Attorney General may consider relevant to inform Congress
on the effective use of the resources authorized under sections 401, 402, and
403.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc6c7b8f9702d4f5886185d4dfde4086c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the
efforts, activities, and resources the Department of Justice has allocated to
the enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of intellectual property
crimes, including—</text><subparagraph id="IDce80513b2faa4063ba1cc706770ee4c6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
policies and efforts of the Department of Justice related to the prevention and
investigation of intellectual property crimes, including efforts at the Office
of Justice Programs, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, the
Executive Office of United States Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney
General, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of Legal Policy,
and any other agency or bureau of the Department of Justice whose activities
relate to intellectual property;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4f8e7480e25a4ffab1d40e9b9df0b36c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the
overall successes and failures of such policies and efforts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID340020a615a04cd5bdd6da15fac33ca8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
investigative and prosecution activity of the Department of Justice with
respect to intellectual property crimes, including—</text><clause id="ID23a05f67e69d46bd83eee6ac34f32ec1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
number of investigations initiated related to such crimes;</text></clause><clause id="ID0314fdd1b5fe4692a3265a1a271e3da5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
arrests related to such crimes; and</text></clause><clause id="ID0b09c859d32a4ca6afece61e5c169977" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
prosecutions for such crimes, including—</text><subclause id="IDf7dd14e392d84221b7ccefe07fabd922" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
defendants involved in such prosecutions;</text></subclause><subclause id="ID73a87624cf104bb896b4398f3ae10a84" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the
prosecution resulted in a conviction; and</text></subclause><subclause id="IDc4fd8e6d14084a2b9bbf888b7729a7e8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sentence
and the statutory maximum for such crime, as well as the average sentence
imposed for such crime; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe2f663bf04dd4d31817ff0a37a658fe4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Department-wide
assessment of the staff, financial resources, and other resources (such as
time, technology, and training) devoted to the enforcement, investigation, and
prosecution of intellectual property crimes, including the number of
investigators, prosecutors, and forensic specialists dedicated to investigating
and prosecuting intellectual property crimes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5dbc41df7d0446f8a2ef1010cd2007fc" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the
efforts, activities, and resources that the Department of Justice has taken
to—</text><subparagraph id="ID84348696dbc54364911d6d9ee769905d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimize
duplicating the efforts, materials, facilities, and procedures of any other
Federal agency responsible for the enforcement, investigation, or prosecution
of intellectual property crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc73b9913905345fdbba1087ecde4a49d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the
efficiency and consistency with which Federal funds and resources are expended
to enforce, investigate, or prosecute intellectual property crimes, including
the extent to which the Department has utilized existing personnel, materials,
technologies, and facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD79AFB1DD6AC4C0DA7AD472FF548BD12" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial report
of the Attorney General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first report required to be submitted
by the Attorney General under subsection (a) shall include a summary of the
efforts, activities, and resources the Department of Justice has allocated in
the 5 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act, as well as the 1-year
period following such date of enactment, to the enforcement, investigation, and
prosecution of intellectual property crimes, including—</text><paragraph id="id29BAC92D22CA49B5B201326EE4129006" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
policies and efforts of the Department of Justice related to the prevention and
investigation of intellectual property crimes, including efforts at the Office
of Justice Programs, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, the
Executive Office of United States Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney
General, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of Legal Policy,
and any other agency or bureau of the Department of Justice whose activities
relate to intellectual property;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa2a620d49f3542fcbb1cea4e3bce6589" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the
overall successes and failures of such policies and efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7e75c91ced214893af6a6f008b5e2bcc" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
investigative and prosecution activity of the Department of Justice with
respect to intellectual property crimes, including—</text><subparagraph id="IDb0577e8f2822436092364903dfdf8e0b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
investigations initiated related to such crimes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22448d2ce90244418b70e02a97583e2c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
arrests related to such crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID457d5d0e0a2149f4896bac871fc57eae" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
prosecutions for such crimes, including—</text><clause id="IDae6ee1466184407596a84f5127c6a7cd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
number of defendants involved in such prosecutions;</text></clause><clause id="ID8f8fc4093d804bbc8e3ce7adba7a2038" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the
prosecution resulted in a conviction; and</text></clause><clause id="ID5ae97476800342d7ab2c753e017a79dd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sentence
and the statutory maximum for such crime, as well as the average sentence
imposed for such crime; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id04E4491EA73342FEADB04C205232CFCA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Department-wide
assessment of the staff, financial resources, and other resources (such as
time, technology, and training) devoted to the enforcement, investigation, and
prosecution of intellectual property crimes, including the number of
investigators, prosecutors, and forensic specialists dedicated to investigating
and prosecuting intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFF1243C745824E79970AE04CAE4B33F7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report of the
FBI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall submit a report to Congress on actions taken to carry out
this title. The initial report required under this subsection shall be
submitted by May 1, 2009. All subsequent annual reports shall be submitted by
May 1st of each fiscal year thereafter. The report required under this
subsection may be submitted as part of the annual performance report of the
Department of Justice, and shall include—</text><paragraph id="IDf543214931874ba8977ba6cea11e1c26" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
policies and efforts of the Bureau related to the prevention and investigation
of intellectual property crimes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID13b150567c074d49a840fb6d51b6ceda" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the
overall successes and failures of such policies and efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID51a0ca29229745a6826815cfe926d79f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
investigative and prosecution activity of the Bureau with respect to
intellectual property crimes, including—</text><subparagraph id="ID190c5e6cb6ee4e7eb16ee78fd418e2ea" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
investigations initiated related to such crimes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID828ed474d16a4175af2fb52fb374a518" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
arrests related to such crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID65c99d6e9c7f4ed681856679038d434a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
prosecutions for such crimes, including—</text><clause id="IDf2b6f6cb001a4dfd8541a2f17bf1e6fa" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
number of defendants involved in such prosecutions;</text></clause><clause id="ID174b8ed1b8404db5ab29c5badb4686c0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the
prosecution resulted in a conviction; and</text></clause><clause id="ID1f8072c08c73488189969d8d81ce7d78" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sentence
and the statutory maximum for such crime, as well as the average sentence
imposed for such crime; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6f1af061b8ae4fb098c15f316ea56376" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Bureau-wide
assessment of the staff, financial resources, and other resources (such as
time, technology, and training) devoted to the enforcement, investigation, and
prosecution of intellectual property crimes, including the number of
investigators, prosecutors, and forensic specialists dedicated to investigating
and prosecuting intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE30B626ABBA444E39D903DA8D2E0CD0D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial report
of the FBI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first report required to be submitted by the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under subsection (c) shall
include a summary of the efforts, activities, and resources the Federal Bureau
of Investigation has allocated in the 5 years prior to the date of enactment of
this Act, as well as the 1-year period following such date of enactment to the
enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of intellectual property crimes,
including—</text><paragraph id="id60F2C5D2EA144CCF8B8D220C86EA6032" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
policies and efforts of the Bureau related to the prevention and investigation
of intellectual property crimes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E0CA727EBE94A5BAB5EE75EEFDDB312" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the
overall successes and failures of such policies and efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE1FAF3BE428144849EA8605BB0FDF45C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the
investigative and prosecution activity of the Bureau with respect to
intellectual property crimes, including—</text><subparagraph id="id91EA749EAC904F13AA89D6B42F99EC6A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
investigations initiated related to such crimes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D40168B7EBA4BBF86F6F13DE8B0AF7E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
arrests related to such crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA24CFC315794746A39D367D747B47F0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of
prosecutions for such crimes, including—</text><clause id="idDE07021C129F45D19BB28AC7CF75104D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
number of defendants involved in such prosecutions;</text></clause><clause id="idA8BA220993FC4653B11DACADC8F80F94" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the
prosecution resulted in a conviction; and</text></clause><clause id="id2404BF9915924125A8DFB2B4E9B86780" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sentence
and the statutory maximum for such crime, as well as the average sentence
imposed for such crime; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFCEAB5430BCD466DA2BCF2BA6CDE8DD9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Bureau-wide
assessment of the staff, financial resources, and other resources (such as
time, technology, and training) devoted to the enforcement, investigation, and
prosecution of intellectual property crimes, including the number of
investigators, prosecutors, and forensic specialists dedicated to investigating
and prosecuting intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header><section id="id9A0D9DAE5E924408B749438DAAEF668E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO study on
protection of intellectual property of manufacturers</header><subsection id="id5ACF6991C6E44B1DA9C98EE6D4D11F37" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to help
determine how the Federal Government could better protect the intellectual
property of manufacturers by quantification of the impacts of imported and
domestic counterfeit goods on—</text><paragraph id="idCE6B3268FEA947E3AC71D7C7CDB5B4E3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manufacturing
industry in the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1503AE21A9342BCB867677BBE5365E0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the overall
economy of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91D3BA3816AB4DE0A182F1324C4F6724" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
conducting the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General
shall examine—</text><paragraph id="IDbab0050ead54413787663a132699e458" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent that
counterfeit manufactured goods are actively being trafficked in and imported
into the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30d834539cab402b896f55bbb70958d8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impacts on
domestic manufacturers in the United States of current law regarding defending
intellectual property, including patent, trademark, and copyright
protections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID256ba0ad28d24ccba341628be78fb44e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nature and
scope of current statutory law and case law regarding protecting trade dress
from being illegally copied;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID863628a75d0948e495ef37ea196063ec" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent which
such laws are being used to investigate and prosecute acts of trafficking in
counterfeit manufactured goods;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID928ae77f86014baa9f8d29bfbad65c8c" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any effective
practices or procedures that are protecting all types of intellectual property;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID42422f618cf840189eb7bfce175fa828" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any changes to
current statutes or rules that would need to be implemented to more effectively
protect the intellectual property rights of manufacturers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92D7235BFF67483D8A2481A14F3595EB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required
under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id32B327A1F602415F9E141D89F41EE8B5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO audit and
report on nonduplication and efficiency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct an audit and
submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and to the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on—</text><paragraph id="id272EC66901904595AE4F3C0EE3DAEA5C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts, activities, and actions of the
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the Attorney General in
achieving the goals and purposes of this Act, as well as in carrying out any
responsibilities or duties assigned to each such individual or agency under
this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0FABFFB2E64B4B80B9013D05D94B4253" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any possible legislative, administrative,
or regulatory changes that Comptroller General recommends be taken by or on
behalf of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator or the Attorney
General to better achieve such goals and purposes, and to more effectively
carry out such responsibilities and duties;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7BC3CE6E8DF41D382B74CA6BB46EC53" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of any actions taken and
efforts made by the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the
Attorney General to—</text><subparagraph id="id3D6FAFCC49094913B02A20028015066A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimize duplicating the efforts,
materials, facilities, and procedures of any other Federal agency responsible
for the enforcement, investigation, or prosecution of intellectual property
crimes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCEA864659E8B43BB9DF87465501EAA33" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the efficiency and consistency with
which Federal funds and resources are expended to enforce, investigate, or
prosecute intellectual property crimes, including whether the IPEC has utilized
existing personnel, materials, technologies, and facilities, such as the
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center established at the
Department of Homeland Security; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF99CDE6F28E145F4BEE804E1E32E2277" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any actions or
efforts that the Comptroller General recommends be taken by or on behalf of the
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the Attorney General to
reduce duplication of efforts and increase the efficiency and consistency with
which Federal funds and resources are expended to enforce, investigate, or
prosecute intellectual property crimes.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idEDEF8ACA38FB49C98953D9B668ED1236" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text><paragraph id="IDce2cacafe02741d8a3156cf8f862025a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States
intellectual property industries have created millions of high-skill,
high-paying United States jobs and pay billions of dollars in annual United
States tax revenues;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2be7d64632d54e479de6c19926cd918f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States
intellectual property industries continue to represent a major source of
creativity and innovation, business start-ups, skilled job creation, exports,
economic growth, and competitiveness;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b72a861f7fe49f88c6615063bbfa51f" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">counterfeiting
and infringement results in billions of dollars in lost revenue for United
States companies each year and even greater losses to the United States economy
in terms of reduced job growth, exports, and competitiveness;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf99722b729244d44b307345df11d5366" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the growing
number of willful violations of existing Federal criminal laws involving
counterfeiting and infringement by actors in the United States and,
increasingly, by foreign-based individuals and entities is a serious threat to
the long-term vitality of the United States economy and the future
competitiveness of United States industry;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf600089370b413c8fe1037b023dafce" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terrorists and
organized crime utilize piracy, counterfeiting, and infringement to fund some
of their activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDde918c218e4946d1bf21bda69f2fdab4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effective
criminal enforcement of the intellectual property laws against violations in
all categories of works should be among the highest priorities of the Attorney
General;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2da08e73094b402ab32971d8aea7f29b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to
all crimes related to the theft of intellectual property, the Attorney General
shall give priority to cases with a nexus to terrorism and organized crime;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9ef45ec3f0ae4f5cba6464c70a13e970" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to
criminal counterfeiting and infringement of computer software, including those
by foreign-owned or foreign-controlled entities, the Attorney General should
give priority to cases—</text><subparagraph id="ID3531bbed3a464875bcfd5ce637088c7a" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involving the
willful theft of intellectual property for purposes of commercial advantage or
private financial gain;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf19f94ecf430405bb48b0c548238b927" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where the theft
of intellectual property is central to the sustainability and viability of the
commercial activity of the enterprise (or subsidiary) involved in the
violation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ddd4dded75f484184124c65b5a98abe" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where the
counterfeited or infringing goods or services enables the enterprise to
unfairly compete against the legitimate rights holder; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2310663a6538421792af108d97fe0169" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where there is
actual knowledge of the theft of intellectual property by the directors or
officers of the enterprise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>Speaker of the House of RepresentativesVice President of the United States and President of the Senate