Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) has introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA). The legislation’s goal is to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in existing law. The legislation has received a positive “applause” from the Motion Picture Association.

It is estimated intellectual property theft drains $30 billion and 230,000 jobs from the U.S. economy each year.

The legislation provides a framework to create “blocking orders” against infringing websites and online services. Copyright owners would petition U.S. courts for no-fault injunctions blocking access to infringing websites and services. The short version is those seeking an order would present information like IP addresses to a court who then would put in place an injunction the website would be blocked for a period of time.

You can read a description of the legislation here and the full legislation here.