S. 1933Senate108th Congress (2003-2005)In Committee

Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act of 2003

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 528.

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Introduced in Senate

November 22, 2003

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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15573-15574)

November 22, 2003

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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November 22, 2003

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May 20, 2004

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May 20, 2004

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May 20, 2004

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Sen. Lamar AlexanderR-TN · Apr 29, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m., to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Counter-Terror Initiatives and Concerns in the Terror Finance Program.''

Concurrent with the hearing, the Committee intends to vote on the nominations of the Hon. Romolo A. (Roy) Bernardi, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. Dennis C. Shea, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Ms. Cathy M. MacFarlane, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 29, 2004, to hold a business meeting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on Middle East Broadcasting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m. to consider the nomination of Dawn Tisdale to be Commissioner, U.S. Postal Rate Commission.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Government Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 29, 2004, immediately following a 10 a.m. nominations hearing, to consider the nominations of David Safavian to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 am., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing on S. 2301, a discussion draft bill to improve the management of Native American fish and wildlife and gathering, and for other purposes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Building Room 226.

Agenda

I. Nominations: Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; William Duane Benton to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; Robert Bryan Harwell to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina; George P. Schiavelli to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; and Curtis V. Gomez to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.

II. Legislation:

S. 1735. Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 [Hatch, Chambliss, Cornyn, Feinstein, Graham, Grassley, Schumer].

S. 2107. A bill to authorize an annual appropriations of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2009 [DeWine, Leahy].

S. 2192. Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004 [Hatch, Feingold, Kohl, Leahy].

S. 1933. Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement (ENFORCE) Act of 2003 [Hatch, Cornyn, Feinstein].

S. 2237. Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 2004 [Leahy, Hatch].

S. 1932. Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention (ART) Act of 2003 [Cornyn, DeWine, Durbin, Feinstein, Graham, Hatch, Kennedy].

H.R. 1561. United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004.

S. 1635. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees [Chambliss].

S. 1609. Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement (PROMISE) Act [Hatch, Cornyn].

S. 1129. Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 [Feinstein, DeWine, Durbin, Edwards, Feingold, Kennedy, Kohl, Leahy, Schumer, Specter].

S. Res. 334. A resolution designating May 2004 as National Electrical Safety Month.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 29, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed mark-up on the fiscal year 2005 Intelligence Authorization Bill.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m. on NOAA Oversight, in SR- 253.

Sen. Orrin G. HatchR-UT · Apr 22, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on the U.S. Commission on Ocean…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on Iraq Transition: Obstacles and Opportunities.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on Nominations.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs hearing on U.S.-China Relations: Status of Reforms in China.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 4 p.m. to hold a hearing on Nominations.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 11 a.m. in Senate Dirksen Building Room 226.

Agenda

I. Nominations: Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; William Duane Benton to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; Robert Bryan Harwell to be United States District of South Carolina; George P. Schiavelli to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; and Curtis V. Gomez to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.

II. Legislation: S. 1735. Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of

2003 [Hatch, Chambliss, Cornyn, Feinstein, Graham, Grassley, Schumer]; S. Res. 310. A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers [Campbell, Hatch, Leahy]; H. Con. Res. 328. Recognizing and honoring the United States Armed Forces and supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month; S. 2270. No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2004 [DeWine, Durbin, Feingold, Grassley, Kohl, Leahy, Schumer, Specter]; S. 2107. A bill to authorize an annual appropriations of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2009 [DeWine, Leahy]; S. 2192. Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004 [Hatch, Feingold, Leahy]; H.R. 1561. United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004; S. 1933. Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement (ENFORCE) Act of 2003 [Hatch, Cornyn, Feinstein]; S. 2237. Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 2004 [Leahy, Hatch]; and S. 1932. Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention (ART) Act of 2003 [Cornyn, Feinstein, Graham, Hatch].

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business meeting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, be authorized to meet for a hearing on Parents Raising Children: The Workplace during the session of the Senate on April 22, 2004, at 10 a.m.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security be authorized to meet conduct a hearing on ``State and Local Authority To Enforce Immigration Law: Evaluating a unified approach for stopping terrorists'' on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. in SD226

Witness List:

Panel I: Professor Kris W. Kobach, Former Counsel to the Attorney General, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO; E.J. Picolo, Regional Director, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Ft. Myers, FL; Michelle Malkin, Journalist and Author of Invasion, Bethesda, MD; and David A. Harris, Balk Professor of Law and Values, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH.

Sen. Lamar AlexanderR-TN · May 13, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session the Senate on Thursday, May 13, 2004. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session the Senate on Thursday, May 13, 2004. The purpose of this hearing will be to conduct a review of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulatory issues. Dr. James E. Newsome, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will testify before the committee.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive testimony on the contingency reserve fund request for fiscal year 2005.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on Combating Corruption in the Multilateral Development Banks.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 13, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on Challenges and Accomplishments as the European Union and the United States Promote Trade and Tourism in a Terrorism Environment.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized

to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Building Room 226.

Agenda

I. Nominations

Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

II. Legislation

S. 1735, Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 (Hatch, Feinstein, Grassley, Graham, Chambliss, Cornyn, Schumer).

S. 1933, Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement (ENFORCE) Act of 2003 (Hatch, Feinstein, Cornyn).

S. 1635, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees (Chambliss).

S. 1609, Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement (PROMISE) Act (Hatch, Cornyn).

S. 1129, Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 (Feinstein, DeWine, Feingold, Kennedy, Leahy, Specter, Edwards, Durbin, Kohl, Schumer).

S. 2013, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004 (Hatch, Leahy, DeWine, Kohl).

S. Res. 331, A resolution designating June 2004 as ``National Safety Month''. (Fitzgerald, Feinstein, DeWine).

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Thursday, May 13, 2004, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing on intelligence matters.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families, be authorized to meet for a hearing on Parents Raising Children: Premature Babies during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 10 a.m.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in the Dirksen Senate Building, Room 226.

Agenda

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S.J. Res. 23, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the event that one- fourth of the Members of either the House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated. [Cornyn/Chambliss].

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on acquisition policy issues in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2005.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on Social Science Data on the Impact of Marriage and Divorce on Children.

Sen. Wayne AllardR-CO · May 20, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10 a.m. to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Oversight of the Extended Custodial Inventory Program.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10:15 a.m. on spam.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the session on May 20, 2004; to consider favorably reporting the nominations of John O. Colvin, to be Judge, U.S. Tax Court, renomination for a second term; Stuart A. Levey, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement and Juan C. Zarate, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a hearing entitled ``Prescription Drug Reimportation'' during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. in SD-430.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing on S. 2382, the Native American Connectivity Act.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Building, room 226.

I. Nominations

Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Jonathan W. Dudas to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United states Patent and Trademark Office

II. Legislation

S. 1735, Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 [Hatch, Feinstein, Grassley, Graham, Chambliss, Cornyn, Schumer, Biden];

S. 1933, Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement (ENFORCE) Act of 2003 [Hatch, Feinstein, Cornyn];

S. 1635, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees [Chambliss];

S. 1129, Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 [Feinstein, DeWine, Feingold, Kennedy, Leahy, Specter, Edwards, Durbin, Kohl, Schumer];

S. 2013, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004 [Hatch, Leahy, DeWine, Kohl];

S. Res. 362, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the dedication of the National World War II Memorial on May 29, 2004, in recognition of the duty, sacrifices, and valor of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in World War II. [Graham (FL), Biden, Chambliss, Durbin, Feingold, Grassley, Hatch, Cornyn, DeWine, Edwards, Graham, (SC)]

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Thursday, May 20, 2004 on ``FBI Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 226 immediately following the full committee markup scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 226.

Witness List

Panel I: Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Sen. Orrin G. HatchR-UT · Nov 22, 2003

Mr. President, I rise to introduce the Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act of 2003, the EnFORCE Act. This bill makes three sets of narrow, but important, changes that will build greater flexibility and accountability into our system of intellectual property laws.

First the EnFORCE Act will expand an existing antitrust exemption to conform the law to market realities. Today, an antitrust exemption in the Copyright Act gives record companies and music publishers the flexibility they need to negotiate mechanical royalty rates in the rapidly evolving market for legal music downloading. These parties now need the same flexibility to ensure that they can negotiate royalties associated with innovative forms of physical phonorecords, like enhanced compact disks and DVD audio disks.

The music industry has sometimes been criticized for being too slow to

adopt its business models to new technologies. The industry is now responding to such concerns by developing new products and new distribution channels. The EnFORCE Act will ensure that Federal law allows the music industry to provide consumers with these innovative products and services.

Second, the EnFORCE Act will also resolve two narrow issues relating to statutory damages in copyright infringement litigation. Some accused infringers have tried to avoid liability for statutory damages by challenging the accuracy of the information in copyright registrations; this bill clarifies that courts should resolve such challenges by applying the existing judicial doctrine of fraud-on-the-Copyright- Office. In other cases, disputes have arisen about how many ``works'' have been infringed for purposes of computing statutory damages. These disputes are important for the music industry, which has received inconsistent adjudications about whether an album consisting of ten songs counts as one or ten works for statutory-damages computation. The bill gives courts discretion to conform the law of statutory damages to changing market realities.

Third, and finally, the EnFORCE Act will also enhance both the enforcement and oversight of federal intellectual property law. The bill authorizes appropriations to ensure that all Department of Justice units that investigate intellectual property crimes have the support of at least one agent specifically trained in the investigation of such crimes. The bill also requires the Department of Justice to report to Congress detailed information about the scope of its efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors or intellectual property.

For the above reasons, I urge my colleagues to support the Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act of 2003. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate and the affected public to ensure that this bill achieves its important objectives.

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Sen. Orrin G. HatchR-UT · Nov 22, 2003

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Sen. Norm ColemanR-MN · May 6, 2004

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 6, 2004. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 6, 2004. The purpose of this hearing will be to discuss Biomass Use in Energy Production: New Opportunities for Agriculture.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. in closed session to mark up the Department of Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. to conduct a markup of ``The Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Impacts of Climate Change and States' Actions.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Building Room 226.

Agenda

I. Nominations

Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

II. Legislation

S. 1735, Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 [Hatch, Chambliss, Feinstein, Grassley, Cornyn, Graham, Schumer];

S. 1933, Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement (ENFORCE) Act of 2003 [Hatch, Feinstein, Cornyn];

S. 1635, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees [Chambliss];

S. 1609, Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement (PROMISE) Act [Hatch, Cornyn];

S. 1129, Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 [Feinstein, DeWine, Feingold, Kennedy, Leahy, Specter, Edwards, Durbin, Kohl, Schumer]; and

S.J. Res. 34, A joint resolution designating May 29, 2004, on the occasion of the dedication of the National World War II Memorial, as Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day [Conrad, Leahy].

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 10 a.m. for a hearing entitled, ``Trimming the Fat: Examining Duplicative and Outdated Programs and Functions.''

Sen. Jim BunningR-KY · Nov 22, 2003

Mr. President, I rise today in celebration of National Adoption Day by introducing legislation to repeal the sunset on two current-law tax provisions that make adoption more affordable for American…

In 2001, this Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. This act contains many much needed tax relief provisions for the American people. However, because of procedural rules in the Senate, this law sunsets and expires after December 31, 2010.

The legislation I introduce today makes permanent two tax provisions contained in that law, the adoption tax credit and the exclusion for employer-provided adoption assistance benefits. If we do not pass this bill and therefore allow these provisions to sunset, then this tax credit will be cut overnight from a maximum of $10,000 to $5,000. Families who adopt special needs children will no longer receive a flat $10,000 credit, and instead, they will be limited to a maximum of $6,000. As well, families claiming the credit may be pushed into the Alternative Minimum Tax.

Today, National Adoption Day, we celebrate the adoption of over 3,000 children from foster care. There are over 542,000 kids in foster care. Of these, more than 125,000 children are waiting to be adopted permanently. We here in Congress need to continue to help these children to find loving homes. We need to make it easier for families to adopt, not throw up barriers. If the adoption tax credit is cut to the prior law level of $5,000, many families will not be able to afford adoptions. And therefore less children will be welcomed into what they want the most, a permanent family.

Last year, the House of Representative passed this permanent extension of the adoption tax credit by a vote of 391 yeas to 1 nay. We in this Chamber failed to act. I am hopeful that my colleagues in the Senate recognize the importance of moving on this legislation to permanently extend this tax credit. The children and parents deserve to see this adoption tax credit set into law for good. This is not a partisan issue, but something all Americans can agree on. We owe it to them all.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

Sen. James M. InhofeR-OK · Nov 22, 2003

Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleagues in introducing this bill to repeal the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 that sunset the adoption tax credit and adoption…

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Reported to SenateIssued May 20, 2004

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1933 Reported in Senate (RS)]

Calendar No. 528
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1933

To promote effective enforcement of copyrights, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 21, 2003

Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary

May 20, 2004

Reported by Mr. Hatch, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To promote effective enforcement of copyrights, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Federal Obscenity
Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act of <DELETED>2003</DELETED>
2004''.

SEC. 2. HARMLESS ERRORS IN REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.

(a) In General.--Section 411 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b)(1) A certificate of registration shall satisfy the
requirements of this section and section 412 irrespective of any
inaccurate information therein, unless--
``(A) the inaccurate information was included on the
application for copyright registration with knowledge that it
was inaccurate; and
``(B) the <DELETED>inaccurate</DELETED> inaccuracy of the
information, if known, would have caused the Register of
Copyrights to refuse registration.
``(2) In any case in which inaccuracies described under paragraph
(1) are alleged, the court shall request the Register of Copyrights to
advise the court whether the <DELETED>inaccurate</DELETED> inaccuracy
of the information, if known, would have caused the Register of
Copyrights to refuse registration.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 412 of title 17,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 411(b)'' and
inserting ``section 411(c)''.

SEC. 3. COMPUTATION OF STATUTORY DAMAGES.

Section 504(c)(1) of title 17, United States Code, is amended in
the second sentence by inserting before the period ``, except that the
court in its discretion may determine that such parts are separate
works if the court concludes that they are distinct works having
independent economic value''.

<DELETED>SEC. 4. MECHANICAL LICENSE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PHYSICAL PRODUCT
CONFIGURATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 115(c)(3)(B) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by striking ``under this paragraph'' and
inserting ``under this section''.</DELETED>

SEC. 4. MECHANICAL LICENSE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PHYSICAL PRODUCT
CONFIGURATIONS.

Section 115(c)(3)(B) of title 17, United States Code, is amended in
the first sentence--
(1) by striking ``under this paragraph'' and inserting
``under this section''; and
(2) by inserting ``on a nonexclusive basis'' after ``common
agents''.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

The Attorney General shall include in the report of the Attorney
General to Congress on the business of the Department of Justice,
prepared under section 522 of title 28, United States Code, the number
of misdemeanor prosecutions and the number of felony prosecutions under
sections 1462, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1466A, 1470, 2252, 2252A, 2252B, 2260,
2318, 2319, 2319A, and 2320 of title 18, United States Code, commenced
and concluded during the last preceding fiscal year, including, in the
case of those offenses where applicable, detailed information
concerning--
(1) the types of works involved;
(2) the tangible media of expression and means of
reproduction and distribution involved; and
(3) in the case of prosecutions concluded, the disposition
of such prosecutions, such as the number of convictions and
acquittals, and the sentences imposed.

SEC. 6. INVESTIGATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIMES.

(a) Required Staffing.--The Attorney General shall ensure that any
unit in the Department of Justice responsible for investigating
computer hacking or responsible for investigating intellectual property
crimes is assigned at least 1 agent to support such unit for the
purpose of investigating crimes relating to the theft of intellectual
property and that each such agent has received training in the
investigation and enforcement of intellectual property crimes.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 to carry out the requirements of
subsection (a).

Calendar No. 528

108th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 1933

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To promote effective enforcement of copyrights, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

May 20, 2004

Reported with amendments