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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-252
COPYRIGHT ALTERNATIVE IN SMALL-CLAIMS
ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2019
OCTOBER 22, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2426]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2426) to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an
alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 17
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 18
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 2 6
C om m ittee C onsideration ........................................................................................ 26
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 26
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 26
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 26
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate .......................................................... 27
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 28
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 28
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................. 28
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 28
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 34
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement
Act of 2019 or the CASE Act of 2019.
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