HCONRES 240 · 103th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to intellectual property protection.

Introduced 1994-04-18· Sponsored by Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.(1994-09-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) intellectual property protection should continue to be among the principal U.S. trade policy objectives; (2) the United States should pursue further strengthened levels of intellectual property protection, even after implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) through bilateral, regional, and multilateral negotiations; (3) the level of such protection should be a determinant of eligibility for participation in future free trade agreements, and the provisions of law relating to existing preferential programs such as the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the General System of Preferences, and the Andean Trade Preferences, should be strengthened to encourage accelerated implementation of the TRIPS Agreement; and (4) non-trade law statutes should be clarified to ensure that they may be used in support of strong intellectual property protection abroad.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican