3.0.0 848 2023-01-11T13:21:11Z 2023-01-11T13:21:11Z House H HR 2009-02-04 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Reported by 2010-12-14T19:37:47Z Markup by 2009-05-13T19:46:03Z Hearings by 2009-03-10T14:59:54Z Referred to 2009-02-04T15:02:49Z H. Rept. 111-680 Performance Rights Act 111 379 S 2009-10-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 181. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2010-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00405 2010-12-14 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-680. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-12-14 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-680. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-05-13 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 9. Committee 2009-05-13 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2009-03-10 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-02-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-02-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202-203) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2009-02-04 True B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2009-02-04 True B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2009-02-04 True H001043 Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] Paul Hodes D NH W. 2 2009-02-04 True W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 20 2009-02-04 True W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 2009-02-04 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2009-02-04 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2009-02-04 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2009-02-04 True P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2009-02-04 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2009-02-04 True S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 29 2009-02-04 True S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2009-02-04 True S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2009-02-04 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-02-04 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2009-02-04 True H000213 Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] JANE HARMAN D CA 36 2009-02-04 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2009-02-04 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2009-02-10 False C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2009-02-23 False H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27] Brian Higgins D NY 27 2009-02-26 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2009-02-26 False A000364 Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3] John Adler D NJ H. 3 2009-03-03 False 2009-07-30 M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2009-03-03 False C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2009-03-03 False T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21] Paul Tonko D NY 21 2009-03-03 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2009-03-03 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2009-03-10 False J000126 Rep. 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Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 2009-05-07 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2009-05-13 False W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2009-05-13 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2009-05-21 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2009-05-21 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2009-07-13 False T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2009-07-15 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2009-09-09 False S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2009-10-27 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10] John Garamendi D CA 10 2010-04-26 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2010-04-29 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2010-04-29 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2010-05-20 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 19 2010-06-22 False R000583 Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16] Thomas Rooney R FL J. 16 2010-06-22 False 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z H.R. 848, Performance Rights Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20914 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 13, 2009</p> 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z H.R. 848, Performance Rights Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20914 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 13, 2009 Commerce Art, artists, authorship Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Intellectual property Licensing and registrations Minority and disadvantaged businesses Music Performing arts Religion Small business Sound recording User charges and fees Women in business Commerce 00 2009-02-04 Introduced in House 2009-02-19T16:36:52Z Performance Rights Act - Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for noncommercial, public broadcast stations; (3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and (4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option.

Prohibits taking into account license fees payable for public performance via digital audio transmission of sound recordings in any proceeding to set or adjust the license fees for the purpose of reducing or adversely affecting such license fees. (Current law prohibits taking those fees into account in such a proceeding without referencing the purpose.)

Prohibits anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.

Prohibits taking into account the rates established by the Copyright Royalty Judges in any proceeding to reduce or adversely affect the license fees payable for public performances by terrestrial broadcast stations. Requires that such license fees for the public performance of musical works be independent of license fees paid for the public performance of sound recordings.

Revises provisions relating to proceeds from the licensing of transmissions.

]]> 17 2010-12-14 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2010-12-20T20:14:08Z Performance Rights Act - (Sec. 2) Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters (AM and FM radio); and (2) modify the circumstances under which the public performance of a sound recording is subject to statutory licensing.

(Sec. 3) Establishes separate annual flat fees in lieu of royalty payments for certain minority, female, religious, rural, small, noncommercial, public, educational, and community terrestrial broadcast stations that have annual revenues falling within corresponding separate specified ranges.

Prohibits such annual fees from being taken into account in any Copyright Royalty Board rate-setting proceeding or in any other federal government proceeding.

Includes broadcasts of religious services and incidental uses of musical sound recordings publicly by digital audio transmission among performances of a sound recording that are not copyright infringements.

(Sec. 4) Provides a per program license option for terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings.

(Sec. 5) Prohibits: (1) license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings from being used in any governmental proceeding to set the license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works to adversely affect such license fees; (2) a licensee of a sound recording from publicly performing such sound recording unless a license has been granted for the public performance of any copyrighted musical work contained in the sound recording; (3) anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works; and (4) rates established by the Copyright Royalty Judges for the public performance of sound recordings from being used in any governmental proceeding to adversely affect license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works by terrestrial broadcast stations.

(Sec. 6) Entitles a featured recording artist who performs on a sound recording that has been licensed for public performance by means of an audio transmission to payments from the sound recording's copyright owner in accordance with the terms of the artist's contract.

Requires: (1) sound recording copyright owners to deposit 1% of the receipts from their licensing of public performance rights by means of an audio transmission into the American Federation of Musicians and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund for distribution to nonfeatured performers who have performed on sound recordings; and (2) the Fund to pay 50% to nonfeatured musicians and 50% to nonfeatured vocalists.

(Sec. 7) Prohibits a broadcaster's payment of royalties on underlying works publicly performed by terrestrial broadcast stations from affecting that broadcaster's public interest obligations to its local community under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations related to radio broadcast services.

(Sec. 8) Directs copyright royalty judges making determinations or adjustments of rates and terms of copyright royalty payments for public performances of sound recordings, to consider the effect of such rates and terms on: (1) religious, minority-owned, female-owned, small, and noncommercial broadcasters; (2) non-music programming, including local news and information programming for stations that are part of station groups located in one designated market area; and (3) religious, minority or minority-owned, and female or female-owned royalty recipients.

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