[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6652 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6652

   To authorize assistance to United States independent music label 
  companies to facilitate exports of recorded music by such companies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2012

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize assistance to United States independent music label 
  companies to facilitate exports of recorded music by such companies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making United States Independents 
Competitive Act'' or ``MUSIC Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES INDEPENDENT MUSIC LABEL COMPANIES 
              TO FACILITATE EXPORTS OF RECORDED MUSIC.

    (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Commerce shall provide 
assistance to United States independent music label companies for 
purposes of facilitating exports of recorded music by such companies.
    (b) Priority for Trade Shows.--In providing assistance under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall give priority to 
assistance to United States independent music label companies and the 
musical recording artists of such companies to attend international 
music trade shows. Such assistance shall include admission costs to 
such music trade shows and support for travel, booth construction, and 
touring expenses related to such music trade shows.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
independent music label company'' means a corporation, partnership, or 
other association created under the laws of the United States or of any 
State (including the District of Columbia or any commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the United States) that--
            (1) signs musical recording artists to contracts to assist 
        in the recording, promotion, and sale of the recorded music;
            (2) for the immediately preceding fiscal year has--
                    (A) total revenues of less than $50,000,000; and
                    (B) total recorded music sales of less than one 
                percent of the total recorded music sales in the United 
                States; and
            (3) is not majority owned by a corporation, partnership, or 
        other association that has total revenues of more than 
        $50,000,000.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $1,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2013 through 2017 to carry out this section.
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