IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 380 
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States intellectual property 
rights must be protected globally. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2006 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. GOODLATTE) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States 
intellectual property rights must be protected globally. 
Whereas the United States is the world’s largest creator, pro-
ducer, and exporter of copyrighted materials; 
Whereas this important sector of the United States economy 
continues to be at great risk due to the widespread unau-
thorized reproduction, distribution, and sale of copy-
righted United States works, including motion pictures, 
home video and television programming, music and sound 
recordings, books, video games, and software; 
Whereas estimates point to a rate of intellectual property pi-
racy of between 70 to 90 percent in some countries, with 
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annual losses to the United States economy in the billions 
of dollars; 
Whereas the major copyright industries are responsible for an 
estimated 6 percent of the Nation’s total gross domestic 
product and an annual employment rate of more than 3 
percent; 
Whereas strong overseas sales and exports by the major copy-
right industries are even more important as the United 
States trade deficit continues to increase, and as the 
United States economy grows more reliant on the genera-
tion of intellectual property and in services related there-
to; 
Whereas the Congress is greatly concerned about the failure 
of some of the trading partners of the United States to 
meet their international obligations with respect to intel-
lectual property protection; 
Whereas in the Russian Federation, perpetrators of piracy, 
including one of the largest commercial Internet pirates 
in the world, are permitted to operate without meaningful 
hindrance from the Russian Government, and a number 
of factories located on government property produce pi-
rated products; 
Whereas the Russian Federation is now considering the adop-
tion of a civil code that would annul the country’s exist-
ing intellectual property law, and incorporate principles 
that do not conform to its international obligations; 
Whereas the Senate and the House of Representatives have 
both overwhelmingly passed legislation expressing the 
sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation must 
significantly improve the protection of intellectual prop-
erty as part of its effort to accede to the World Trade 
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Organization and to maintain eligibility in the generalized 
system of preferences (GSP) program; 
Whereas markets in the People’s Republic of China are re-
plete with pirated versions of American movies, sound re-
cordings, business software, and video games, with over 
$2,000,000,000 in losses each year to the United States 
economy; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China has made a number 
of commitments to the United States which it has yet to 
meet, including pledges to significantly reduce piracy 
rates, increase criminal prosecutions of intellectual prop-
erty rights infringements, reduce exports of infringing 
goods, improve national police coordination, and join 
global Internet treaties; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 
Federation export thousands of pirated versions of prod-
ucts of the United States to other countries; 
Whereas Mexico has a strong market for pirated goods, with 
thousands of street vendors offering pirated products 
throughout the country; 
Whereas Canada has become a source of camcorder piracy, 
has failed to bring its copyright law into conformity with 
international standards, and has failed to adequately pre-
vent pirated products from other parts of the world from 
entering the country; 
Whereas India can further improve copyright protections, 
particularly with regard to enforcement, deterrent sen-
tencing, and coordination of national efforts; 
Whereas Malaysia continues to be a leading source of pirated 
entertainment software and other copyrighted materials 
produced for export; and 
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Whereas steps must be taken to ensure that the rights of cre-
ators and distributors are protected abroad and that cre-
ative industries in the United States continue to flourish: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the United States should not complete 
agreements relating to accession of the Russian Fed-
eration to the World Trade Organization until the 
Russian Federation takes concrete steps to address 
widespread intellectual property violations, including 
the closure and seizure of factories and machinery 
used for piracy, imposition of meaningful penal sanc-
tions, investigation and prosecution of organized 
criminal piracy syndicates, and rejection of proposals 
that would undermine its existing intellectual prop-
erty rights regime and retreat further from global 
standards; 
(2) the People’s Republic of China should fun-
damentally change its intellectual property rights en-
forcement model by significantly increasing the ap-
plication of criminal sanctions against major copy-
right pirates and imposing effective deterrent pen-
alties; 
(3) Mexico, Canada, India, and Malaysia should 
work in cooperation with the United States Govern-
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ment and industries in the United States to address 
growing piracy problems within their borders; 
(4) the failure of these countries to act and pro-
tect against the theft of United States intellectual 
property will have political and economic con-
sequences with regard to relations with the United 
States; and 
(5) the President should use all effective rem-
edies and solutions to protect the intellectual prop-
erty rights of United States persons and entities, 
and must maintain policies that vigorously respond 
to the failure by other countries to abide by inter-
national standards of protection or to otherwise pro-
vide adequate and effective protection of intellectual 
property as provided under United States law. 
Æ 
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