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105TH CONGRESS REPORT
2nd Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105-436
VESSEL HULL DESIGN PROTECTION ACT
MARCH 11, 1998.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. COBLE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2696]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2696) to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for
protection of certain original designs, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends
that the bill as amended do pass.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
The Amendment ....................................................... 1
Purpose and Summary ................................................. 10
Background and Need for Legislation ..................................... 10
Hearings ..... ....................................................... 13
Committee Consideration ............................................... 13
Committee Oversight Findings .......................................... 14
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Findings 14
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures .............................. 14
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ..................................... 14
Constitutional Authority Statement ...................................... 15
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion ................................ 15
Changes in Exesting Law Made by the Bill, as Reported 20
The amendment is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu there-
of the following:
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