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Titles (4)

Short Titles

Short Titles - House of Representatives

Short Titles as Passed House

Collections of Information Antipiracy Act

Short Titles as Reported to House

Collections of Information Antipiracy Act

Short Titles as Introduced

Collections of Information Antipiracy Act

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

To amend title 17, United States Code, to prevent the misappropriation of collections of information.


Actions Overview (3)

Date Actions Overview
05/19/1998 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
05/12/1998 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-525.
10/09/1997 Introduced in House

All Actions (18)

Date Chamber All Actions
05/20/1998 Senate Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
05/19/1998-1:38pm House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/19/1998-1:38pm House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
05/19/1998-1:13pm House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
05/19/1998-1:13pm House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3398-3404)
05/19/1998-1:13pm House Mr. Coble moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
05/12/1998 House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297.
05/12/1998 House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-525.
03/24/1998 House Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/24/1998 House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/18/1998 House Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Action By: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
03/18/1998 House Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
02/12/1998 House Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Action By: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
10/23/1997 House Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Action By: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
10/17/1997 House Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
10/09/1997 House Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
10/09/1997 House Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2000)
10/09/1997 House Introduced in House

Cosponsors (5)

Cosponsor Date Cosponsored
Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] 10/28/1997
Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] 01/27/1998
Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] 03/04/1998
Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] 03/09/1998
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] 03/24/1998

Committees (2)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Related Documents
House Judiciary 10/09/1997 Referred to
03/24/1998 Markup by
05/12/1998 Reported by H. Rept. 105-525
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property 10/17/1997 Referred to
02/12/1998 Hearings by
03/18/1998 Markup by
03/18/1998 Reported by
Senate Judiciary 05/20/1998 Referred to

Related Bills (0)


Latest Summary (3)

There are 3 summaries for H.R.2652. View summaries

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Passed House amended (05/19/1998)

Collections of Information Antipiracy Act - Amends Federal copyright law to make persons who extract, or use in commerce, a substantial part of a collection of information gathered or maintained by another person through the investment of substantial resources, so as to harm the other person's (or a successor's) actual or potential market for a product or service that incorporates such information and is offered or intended to be offered in commerce liable to the person (or a successor) for remedies under this Act.

Exempts certain activities from this Act, including the extraction or use of individual items of information or extraction or use of information for verification, nonprofit educational, scientific, or research, or news reporting purposes.

Provides that protection shall not extend to information gathered or maintained by or for a government entity or to computer programs. Protects information required to be collected and disseminated by a national securities exchange, a registered security association, or a registered securities information processor under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or a contract market under the Commodity Exchange Act. Provides that information otherwise subject to protection is not disqualified from protection solely because it is incorporated into a computer program.

Requires all rights specified in this Act to be governed exclusively by Federal law, thus preempting State law.

Declares that protection under this Act is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge, any copyright protection in any work that is contained in or consists of a collection of information.

Authorizes civil actions to be brought for violations of this Act. Provides for injunctions to prevent violations and authorizes impoundment of all copies of information extracted or used in violation. Entitles plaintiffs to specified monetary relief. Reduces or remits monetary relief for nonprofit educational, scientific, or research institutions in cases where an employee believed conduct to be permissible. Makes provisions regarding injunctions and impoundment inapplicable to actions against the U.S. Government. Provides for relief against State entities.

Prescribes criminal penalties for certain willful violations. Provides for a three-year statute of limitations on civil and criminal actions. Bars the maintenance of actions for the extraction or use of a collection of information that occurs more than 15 years after the investment of resources that qualified the information for protection.