Goodlatte Lays Out House Judiciary's Legislative Agenda for 114th Congress
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., outlined the committee’s legislative agenda for the 114th Congress at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Wednesday, a news release said. The committee plans copyright hearings in the coming months to address the remaining…
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IP issues that weren’t covered in the 113th Congress, he said. The committee then will work with all copyright stakeholders, including the tech and content industries, to “find consensus on the areas of the Copyright Act that need improvement,” Goodlatte said. The remote online sales tax issue needs to be “solved,” he said: “We should create a level playing field so that online, bricks and mortar, and bricks and clicks businesses can compete under fair rules.” He emphasized the importance of permanently banning Internet access taxes, an issue on which Goodlatte, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and other Judiciary Committee members already have introduced legislation (see 1501090042). Goodlatte said he expects to work with the Senate to pass, “as quickly as possible,” the Innovation Act (HR-3309), a bill he said would curb “abusive” patent litigation.