THIS SEARCH THIS DOCUMENT GO TO Next Hit Forward New Bills Search Prev Hit Back HomePage Hit List Best Sections Help Contents Display
Final version (Enrolled Bill) as passed by both Houses. There are 3 other versions of this bill.
| GPO's PDF Display | Congressional Record References | Bill Summary & Status | Printer Friendly Display - 2,177 bytes.[Help] |
Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
--H.R.3456--
H.R.3456
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
- 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 `Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999'.
SEC. 2. STATUTORY DAMAGES ENHANCEMENT.
- Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
- (1) in paragraph (1)--
- (A) by striking `$500' and inserting `$750'; and
- (B) by striking `$20,000' and inserting `$30,000'; and
- (2) in paragraph (2), by striking `$100,000' and inserting `$150,000'.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
- Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, or within 120 days after the first date on which there is a sufficient number of voting members of the Sentencing Commission to constitute a quorum, whichever is later, the Commission shall promulgate emergency guideline amendments to implement section 2(g) of the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (29 U.S.C. 994 note) in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority under that Act had not expired.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
- The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to any action brought on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, regardless of the date on which the alleged activity that is the basis of the action occurred.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
THIS SEARCH THIS DOCUMENT GO TO
Next Hit Forward New Bills Search
Prev Hit Back HomePage
Hit List Best Sections Help
Contents Display