SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

Bills and resolutions

Buffett, Jimmy: tribute (see S. Res. 401), S4949 [4OC]

Business and industry: empower independent music creator owners to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding terms on which their music may be distributed (see H.R. 5576), H4407 [19SE]

Copyrights: limit term of new copyrights and apply new limit retroactively (see H.R. 576), H428 [26JA]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for use of sound recordings (see S. 253), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 791), H677 [2FE]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for certain video or audio content creation conducted on certain land (see H.R. 1576), H1284 [14MR]

Federal Rules of Evidence: limit admissibility of evidence of defendant’s creative or artistic expression against such defendant in criminal proceeding (see H.R. 2952), H2083 [27AP]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see S. Con. Res. 5), S743 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 13), H709 [6FE]

Taxation: provide for election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account (see S. 1625), S1678 [16MY] (see H.R. 1259), H970 [28FE]

Williams, Hiram (Hank): tribute (see H. Res. 685), H4346 [14SE]

Remarks in House

Record Store Day: observance, H2153 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Buffett, Jimmy: tribute (S. Res. 401), S4958 [4OC]

Copyrights: provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for use of sound recordings (S. 253), S235 [2FE], S5226 [30OC]

Taxation: provide for election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account (S. 1625), S1680 [16MY], S5226 [30OC]

Westport, CT: tribute to Westport Library, S2219 [22JN]

Texts of

S. Con. Res. 5, oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations, S749 [9MR]

S. Res. 401, tribute to Jimmy Buffett, S4956 [4OC]