[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 1584 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1584

 To provide that Federal and State courts and agencies may not require 
that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable 
    submission to such courts and agencies where alternatives exist.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 1995

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that Federal and State courts and agencies may not require 
that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable 
    submission to such courts and agencies where alternatives exist.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LEGAL CITATION REQUIREMENTS.

    No State or Federal court, agency, or department, or other 
authority of a State or the Federal Government may require that, in 
documents submitted to such court, agency, department, or authority, a 
system of citation to State or Federal laws, regulations, judicial 
opinions, or administrative decisions be used in which copyright 
subsists, unless another system of citation to such laws, regulations, 
opinions, or decisions may also be used in which copyright does not 
subsist.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``State'' means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States.
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