3.0.0
861
2025-12-05T21:49:26Z
2025-12-05T21:49:26Z
House
H
HR
2025-01-31
119
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/861
[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 861.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 8 provides Congress with thepower to promote the ``Progress of Science and useful Arts,by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors theexclusive Right to their respective Writings andDiscoveries.''[[Page H434]][Page H433]
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Judiciary Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred To
2025-01-31T15:03:50Z

- American Music Fairness Act
119
326
S
2025-01-30
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2025-01-31
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
IntroReferral
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House floor actions
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Judiciary Committee
- 2025-01-31
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
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Library of Congress
- 2025-01-31
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
Darrell
Issa
R
CA
48
N
- N000002
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
Jerrold
Nadler
D
NY
12
2025-01-31
True
- G000590
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Mark
Green
R
TN
E.
7
2025-01-31
True
- M001177
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Tom
McClintock
R
CA
5
2025-01-31
True
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Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Ted
Lieu
D
CA
36
2025-01-31
True
- D000399
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
Lloyd
Doggett
D
TX
37
2025-03-04
False
- R000606
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Jamie
Raskin
D
MD
8
2025-03-04
False
- B001285
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Julia
Brownley
D
CA
26
2025-03-18
False
- C001080
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
Judy
Chu
D
CA
28
2025-03-24
False
- J000298
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Pramila
Jayapal
D
WA
7
2025-06-02
False
- F000483
Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30]
Laura
Friedman
D
CA
30
2025-07-14
False
- E000296
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Dwight
Evans
D
PA
3
2025-08-29
False
Commerce
Commerce
2025-03-04T14:40:12Z
00
2025-01-31
Introduced in House
2025-03-14T20:35:12Z
American Music Fairness Act of 2025
This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission. (Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to get a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.)
Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license. When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings.
Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.

American Music Fairness Act of 2025
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American Music Fairness Act of 2025
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American Music Fairness Act of 2025
2025-02-28T09:08:20Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, and for other purposes.
2025-02-28T09:03:27Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2025-01-31T05:00:00Z
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2025-01-31
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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