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Protect American IPR Act

USA116th CongressHR-902| House 
| Updated: 1/30/2019
Steve King

Steve King

Republican Representative

Iowa

Ways and Means Committee, Trade Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protect American IPR Act This bill addresses the effects of violations of U.S. intellectual property rights in China or by Chinese persons. The bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to study the losses of revenue to holders of those rights. It directs the USTR to impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the annual loss of revenue to U.S. intellectual property rights holders as a result of violations in China or by any Chinese person, including governmental entities of China. The bill establishes a fund to compensate U.S. intellectual property rights holders injured by such violations.
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Timeline
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • January 30, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • January 30, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • January 30, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

AsiaChinaCongressional oversightCustoms enforcementDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureFree trade and trade barriersGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsIntellectual propertyPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTariffsTrade restrictions

Protect American IPR Act

USA116th CongressHR-902| House 
| Updated: 1/30/2019
Protect American IPR Act This bill addresses the effects of violations of U.S. intellectual property rights in China or by Chinese persons. The bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to study the losses of revenue to holders of those rights. It directs the USTR to impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the annual loss of revenue to U.S. intellectual property rights holders as a result of violations in China or by any Chinese person, including governmental entities of China. The bill establishes a fund to compensate U.S. intellectual property rights holders injured by such violations.
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Timeline
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • January 30, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • January 30, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.


  • January 30, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Steve King

Steve King

Republican Representative

Iowa

Ways and Means Committee, Trade Subcommittee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AsiaChinaCongressional oversightCustoms enforcementDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureFree trade and trade barriersGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsIntellectual propertyPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTariffsTrade restrictions