Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

3.0.0 238 2023-01-11T13:29:12Z 2023-01-11T13:29:12Z House HR 2015-01-09 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 238.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 Clause 8 and Amendment XIV Sections 1and 5[Page H189]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2015-02-02T14:21:49Z Referred to 2015-01-09T14:01:15Z Copyright and Marriage Equality Act 114 23 S 2015-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S12-13; text of measure as introduced: CR S13) Identical bill CRS 2015-02-02 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2015-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 27 2015-01-09 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2015-01-09 True H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] Richard Hanna R NY L. 22 2015-01-09 True S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2015-01-09 True D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2015-01-09 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2015-01-09 True V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 2015-01-09 True M001191 Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] Patrick Murphy D FL 18 2015-01-09 True T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 2015-01-09 True L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2015-01-09 True C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2015-01-09 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2015-01-09 True B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2015-01-09 True Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2015-01-09 True M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2015-01-09 True H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 2015-01-09 True W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2015-01-09 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2015-01-12 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2015-01-12 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2015-01-22 False P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2015-01-22 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2015-01-22 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2015-01-22 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2015-01-26 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2015-01-26 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2015-02-12 False D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2015-02-12 False N000188 Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] Donald Norcross D NJ 1 2015-02-27 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 21 2015-02-27 False P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2015-04-23 False L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2015-07-21 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-07-21 False H001064 Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] Denny Heck D WA 10 2015-07-21 False Commerce Art, artists, authorship Intellectual property Intergovernmental relations Marriage and family status State and local government operations Commerce

00 2015-01-09 Introduced in House 2015-01-20T22:55:18Z Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find that the individual and the author were validly married at the time of the author's death. (Currently, only the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of death is considered a widow.)

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Copyright and Marriage Equality Act Display Title Copyright and Marriage Equality Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the definition of "widow" and "widower", and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Copyright and Marriage Equality Act Introduced in House 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr238ih/xml/BILLS-114hr238ih.xml 2015-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.