[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            H.R. 400 IS THE STEAL AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES ACT

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, today, H.R. 400 comes before the House 
of Representatives for amendment and for an up and down vote. I call 
H.R. 400 the Steal American Technologies Act, so it is a good thing 
that we have discussed this bill on Science and Technology Week.
  The fact is H.R. 400 would change the fundamental protections that 
have been in place guarding America's technological secrets and our 
innovation since the founding of our Republic.

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  It changes these fundamental protections. It guts the patent system. 
H.R. 400 would mandate that all of our technological secrets be 
published so our worst enemies will be able to use our innovations and 
technologies against us even before our patents are issued.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in defeating H.R. 400, which is a 
Pearl Harbor attack on America's technological lead. Future generations 
of Americans will suffer if we let this dismal, this terrible bill 
through. I would ask my colleagues to join me in defeating H.R. 400, 
the Steal American Technologies Act.

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