COPYRIGHTS related term(s) Patents

Bills and resolutions

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: prohibit President from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification without explicit authorization from Congress (see S. 1834), S1983 [6JN] (see H.R. 3858), H2762 [6JN]

Agriculture: provide for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic agricultural equipment (see H.R. 6879), H6998 [19DE]

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

China: prohibit certain Communist Party members from entering U.S. until government ceases theft of U.S. intellectual property (see H.R. 1016), H838 [14FE]

Dept. of Education: expand use of college textbooks available under open license in order to achieve savings for students and improve textbook price information (see S. 978), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 1811), H1464 [27MR]

Depts. of Homeland Security and State: require aliens applying for certain visas to disclose if they receive funds from China or Chinese Communist Party (see H.R. 688), H576 [31JA]

FTC: establish standards for making publicly available information about training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence foundation models (see H.R. 6881), H7006 [22DE]

GAO: require report on disclosure process for intellectual property created under Federal grant (see H.R. 6684), H6740 [7DE]

Library of Congress: limit funding for U.S. Copyright Office salaries and expenses (see H.R. 1913), H1624 [29MR]

Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act: authorize Intellectual Property Protection Legal Aid program to assist small businesses to protect intellectual property (see S. 2566), S3753 [27JY]

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]

Safety: ensure that safety standards developed by standards development organizations do not lose copyright protection by virtue of having been incorporated by reference into law or regulation (see S. 835), S825 [16MR] (see H.R. 1631), H1292 [17MR]

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

Remarks in Senate

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

Texts of

S. 978, Affordable College Textbook Act, S955–S957 [27MR]

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