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 98 STAT. 3516

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 11, 1984

since 1981, such imports have increased yearly from one hundred forty-six thousand head to an estimated more than one million head in 1984; "The adverse economic effect of the recent surge in imports of Canadian hogs and pork products on United States pork producers has been estimated to be in excess of $500,000,000 in 1982 and 1983, and approximately $300,000,000 during the first five months of 1984; "The Canadian Government provides price support for hogs at a level equal to 90 per centum of the previous five-year average market price, indexed for changes in cash costs of production of hogs, which represented a payment of $6.54 per head to Canadian pork producers last year, and all but one provincial government of Canada also provide direct production assistance to support Canadian pork producers; and "It is essential that the administration act immediately to address the threat to the United States pork production industry caused by the dramatic increase in imports of hogs and pork products from Canada. "It is the sense of the Senate that the President should direct appropriate members of the administration, including the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce, to aggressively pursue discussions with the Canadian Government directed toward resolving this situation and use all available authorities in an effort to protect the economic viability of the United States pork industry and to promote free and fair trade.". (2) Amend the table of contents of the bill to reflect the amendment made under paragraph (1). (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 126 of the bill are amended to read as follows: "(1) on or after April 1, 1985— "(A) item 606.93 is amended by striking out '8.3% ad val. + additional duties (see headnote 4)' and inserting in lieu thereof'2% ad val.', "(B) such item 606.93 is further amended by striking out LDDC column, and "(C) item 911.29 of the Appendix is repealed; and "(2) on or after April 1, 1986, item 606.93 is amended by striking out '2% ad val.' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Free'.'. (4)(A) Immediately after section 250 of the bill (as added by paragraph (1)) insert the following: "SEC. 251. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE.
 * 6% ad val. + additional duties (see headnote 4)' in the

"Since the development of computer software and other information technologies is increasingly important to economic growth and productivity in the United States and other nations; "Since the United States is the world leader in the technological development of computer software and in the production and sale of computer software; "Since the United States has since 1964 considered computer software a work of authorship protected by copyright and this form of intellectual property right protection has served to encourage continuing research, development, and innovation of computer software; "Since copyright protection is afforded computer software by most industrialized nations including Japan, the Netherlands, France,

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