3.0.0 8994 2026-07-18T16:51:48Z 2026-07-18T16:51:48Z House H HR 2026-05-21 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8994 [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 87 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. ROSS:H.R. 8994.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution; Article1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution; and Article 1Section 8 Clause 18 of the Constitution[Page H3726]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2026-05-21T14:00:15Z Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026 119 9253 HR 2026-06-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2026-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2026-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2026-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000305 Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] Deborah Ross D NC K. 2 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2026-05-21 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] Lloyd Doggett D TX 37 2026-05-21 True G000599 Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] Daniel Goldman D NY S. 10 2026-05-29 False Commerce Commerce 2026-06-01T14:11:22Z 00 2026-05-21 Introduced in House 2026-07-18T16:51:42Z Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026

This bill allows certain individual music creator owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with dominant online music distribution platforms or companies engaged in development or deployment of generative artificial intelligence, including the right to collectively refuse to license their music to such platforms or companies.

Individual music creator owners include musicians, producers, and technicians who own the copyright to a recording and either (1) earned less than $1 million in associated revenues during the prior year, or (2) qualify as a record production and distribution small business.

Dominant online music distribution platforms include interactive online services with annual revenues from music distribution of more than $100 million. Generative artificial intelligence includes artificial intelligence systems that are capable of producing novel text, video, images, audio, and other media based on prompts or other forms of inputted data.

]]> Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026 Display Title 45 Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026 2026-05-22T10:23:35Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026 2026-05-22T10:23:30Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To empower independent music creator owners to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which their music may be distributed. 2026-05-22T10:18:27Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2026-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr8994ih/xml/BILLS-119hr8994ih.xml 2026-05-21 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.