PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The President, through the USAID Administrator, must set up a training and technical-help program to help other countries. The program must help countries make and improve laws and rules that protect intellectual property (like patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and build the institutions and systems needed to carry out and enforce those laws. The USAID Administrator must get help from the Patent and Trademark Office and other U.S. agencies when planning and running the program. The Administrator must also coordinate with other U.S. efforts to raise international IP protection, including carrying out international agreements with strong protections, and must consult agency leaders when picking which countries will receive help.

Title 22, §2151t–1

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In carrying out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] and other relevant foreign assistance laws, the President, acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall establish a program of training and other technical assistance to assist foreign countries in—

(1)developing and strengthening laws and regulations to protect intellectual property; and

(2)developing the infrastructure necessary to implement and enforce such laws and regulations.

(b)The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development—

(1)shall utilize the expertise of the Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies of the United States Government in designing and implementing the program of assistance provided for in this section;

(2)shall coordinate assistance under this section with efforts of other agencies of the United States Government to increase international protection of intellectual property, including implementation of international agreements containing high levels of protection of intellectual property; and

(3)shall consult with the heads of such other agencies in determining which foreign countries will receive assistance under this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Part I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 2151 et seq.) of this chapter. For provisions deeming references to subchapter I to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, see section 202(b) of Pub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and section 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

§2151t–1 Establishment of Program