Anticounterfeiting bill governing Washington, D.C. signed by Mayor Barry July 26.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FEDERAL ANTICOUNTERFEITING REGS TO BE DEVELOPED BY JANUARY 1997 by the Treasury Department, following the signing of the "Anti-counterfeiting Protection Act of 1996" into law by President Clinton July 2. The measure directs the Secretary of the Treasury to "prescribe such regulations or amendments to existing regulations" no later than six months after the enactment of the measure. The law makes selling counterfeit goods a predicate crime under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) ("The Rose Sheet" Aug. 14, 1995, p. 7).