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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [SCR-5]
This concurrent resolution declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/14/2019
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Closing Asylum Loopholes Act [HB-517]
Requires an alien's "credible fear of persecution" to be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. It also directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the questions asked in expedited removal proceedings are done so in a uniform manner, and to record interviews in expedited removal and asylum proceedings. If an asylum seeker needs an interpreter, DHS shall ensure that a competent interpreter is used who is not affiliated with the government of the country the alien is seeking asylum frrom.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 02/25/2019
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National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017 [HB-4626]
National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017 This bill establishes a National Jazz Preservation Program and a National Jazz Appreciation Program, to be carried out by the Smithsonian Institution through the National Museum of American History, to: (1) preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz, and (2) further the appreciation of jazz music throughout the nation. The Smithsonian Institution shall: (1) record interviews with leading jazz artists; (2) acquire, preserve, and interpret jazz artifacts; (3) continue to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 12/12/2017
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Transparency in Government Act of 2017 [HB-4504]
Transparency in Government Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Introduced In House on 11/30/2017
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Music Modernization Act [HB-5447]
Music Modernization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Received In The Senate. on 04/26/2018
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Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act [S.2559]
Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends federal copyright law to implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (Marrakesh Treaty). Specifically, it modifies the limitations and exceptions to federal copyright infringement that allow published works to be reproduced and distributed in accessible formats for individuals with print disabilities. The bill: makes such limitations and exceptions applicable only to activities in the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 115-261. on 10/09/2018
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CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act [S.2393]
CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 05/15/2018
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AMP Act Allocation for Music Producers Act [S.2625]
AMP Act Allocation for Music Producers Act This bill authorizes royalties for producers, mixers, and sound engineers who made a creative contribution to a sound recording. A nonprofit collective designated by the Copyright Royalty Board shall adopt procedures for such royalty payments for various digital transmissions of the recording. The procedures shall allow the owner of the exclusive right to publicly perform the sound recording or the featured artist to instruct the collective to calculate and distribute the payments to the producers, mixers,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 05/15/2018
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. [HR-488]
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/07/2017
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Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act [HB-3350]
Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act This bill amends federal copyright law to direct the U.S. Copyright Office to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database of nondramatic musical works and sound recordings subject to copyright protection. It limits available remedies, in copyright infringement actions against certain parties, for a copyright owner who fails to provide or maintain the minimum information required in the database.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 07/20/2017
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CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act [HB-3301]
CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act This bill provides federal copyright protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, specifically the right to make digital transmissions. Currently, pre-1972 recordings are only covered by state law. Pre-1972 recordings will fall within the existing compulsory license system for digital transmissions, which currently only cover post-1972 recordings. The bill preempts claims under state and common law for digital transmission
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/19/2017
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. [HR-446]
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. Requests the President and directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document or communication in their possession that refers or relates to the firing of the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James B. Comey in the following respects: then-Attorney
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300. on 09/08/2017
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Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act [HB-1551]
Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the production of electricity from advanced nuclear power facilities, to: (1) establish requirements for the allocation of unutilized portions of the national megawatt capacity limitation, and (2) allow public entities to transfer the credit to project partners. If a portion of the 6,000 national megawatt capacity limitation for the credit is unutilized after December 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service must allocate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Became Public Law No: 115-264. on 10/11/2018
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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2017 [S.643]
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when it would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, a district court must order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1845) on 03/15/2017
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Promoting More American Manufacturing Jobs Act [S.638]
Promoting More American Manufacturing Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify rules for applying the deduction for income from domestic production activities to contract manufacturing or production arrangements. In a contract manufacturing or production arrangement, a person contracts with one or more unrelated persons for the manufacture, production, growth, or extraction of an item of qualifying production property (tangible personal property, computer software, and sound recordings) or film. The qualifying production property
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2017
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements. [HB-1296]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify rules for applying the deduction for income from domestic production activities to contract manufacturing or production arrangements. In a contract manufacturing or production arrangement, a person contracts with one or more unrelated persons for the manufacture,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Jordan
Introduced In House on 03/01/2017
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AMP Act Allocation for Music Producers Act [HB-881]
AMP Act Allocation for Music Producers Act This bill amends federal copyright law to require a collective designated by the Copyright Royalty Judges to implement a policy providing for the acceptance of instructions (referred to as a "letter of direction") from a person who owns the exclusive right to publicly perform a sound recording by means of a digital audio transmission, or from a recording artist of a such a sound recording, to distribute a portion of royalty payments to a producer, mixer, or sound engineer who was part of the creative process
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 02/06/2017
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Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [HCR-13]
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [SCR-6]
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge: (1) relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or (2) on any business for the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station broadcast over the air.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S455-456) on 01/24/2017
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Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. [HR-5]
Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments. (Sec. 2) Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms to impose a fine against a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for use of an electronic device for still photography or for audio or visual recording or broadcasting in contravention of clause 5 of Rule XVII and any applicable Speaker of the House of Representatives' announced policy on electronic devices. Prohibits a Member,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017