COPYRIGHTS
Bills and resolutions
Arts and humanities: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see S. 2000), S8679 [15DE] (see H.R. 3688), H9430 [15DE]
Business and industry: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2511), H5018 [13JY]
China: impose duties on merchandise in an amount equal to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China (see H.R. 3375), H7397 [4NO]
Crime: amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright (see S. 978), S2928 [12MY]
Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (see S. 968), S2928 [12MY]
———prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (see H.R. 3261), H7133 [26OC]
Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H7890 [18NO]
FCC: repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see S. 2008), S8733 [16DE] (see H.R. 3675), H9430 [15DE]
Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (see S. 2029), S8775 [17DE]
———improve intellectual property rights enforcement (see S. 1830), S7187 [8NO]
Research: ensure continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector (see H.R. 3699), H9925 [16DE]
Sound recording and reproducing: remove exclusion from Federal copyright of sound recordings fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 2933), H6181 [14SE]
Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see H.R. 3343), H7330 [3NO]
Television: include U.S. territories in the application of certain statutory copyright licenses related to low power television stations (see H.R. 1203), H1984 [17MR]
Cloture motions
Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), motion to proceed, S8783 [17DE]
Motions
Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), S8783 [17DE]
Remarks in House
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: prevent importation of counterfeit products and infringing devices, H8928 [14DE]
Business and industry: provide protection for fashion design (H.R. 2511), E1314 [13JY]
Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (H.R. 3343), H7270 [3NO]
Remarks in Senate
Arts and humanities: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (S. 2000), S8681 [15DE]
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: prevent importation of counterfeit products and infringing devices, S6175 [5OC]
Crime: amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright (S. 978), S3968 [21JN]
Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), S2936-S2941 [12MY], S3419 [26MY], S7776 [17NO]
———prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), motion to proceed, S8783 [17DE]
———provide for Federal jurisidiction for theft of trade secrets, S6175 [5OC]
Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (S. 2029), S8783 [17DE]
———improve intellectual property rights enforcement, S6155 [5OC]
Reports filed
Criminal Penalty Provision for Criminal Infringement of a Copyright: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 978), S3924 [20JN]
Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 968), S3426 [26MY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 968) (S. Rept. 112-39), S4845 [22JY]
Texts of
S. 968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act, S2937-S2940 [12MY]