3.0.0 835 2025-12-11T08:24:16Z 2025-12-11T08:24:16Z Senate S S 2023-03-16 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/835 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-16T15:00:52Z 118 1631 HR 2024-07-22 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 127 (Roll no. 357). 19:08:20 Identical bill CRS 2023-03-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2023-03-16 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2023-03-16 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-03-16 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-05-09 False Commerce Digital media 2023-08-07T15:15:23Z Intellectual property 2023-08-07T15:15:23Z User charges and fees 2023-08-07T15:15:23Z Wages and earnings 2023-08-07T15:15:23Z Commerce 2023-04-04T19:15:16Z

00 2023-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-18T16:20:04Z <p><b>Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act or the Pro Codes Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses copyright protections for privately-developed technical standards that are incorporated into a law or regulation (e.g., a state law that requires buildings to comply with the electrical standards developed by a private standards development organization). </p> <p>Currently, there is not a consensus as to whether a technical standard that has been incorporated by reference into a law retains copyright protection. (A technical standard created by a private organization is typically eligible for copyright protection, but some courts have ruled that standards incorporated into law lose their copyright protections for various reasons. For example, some courts have held that incorporated standards effectively became law and therefore entered the public domain.)</p> <p>Under this bill, a technical standard shall retain its copyright protection even if it has been incorporated by reference into a law or regulation, if the applicable standards development organization makes the standard available on a free publicly accessible online source.</p> <p>If a party asserts that an incorporated technical standard has lost its copyright protection because it has not been made available for free online, the party making that assertion shall bear the burden of proof. </p>

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