US Congress House Bill 3301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 19 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-19 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act This bill provides federal copyright protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, specifically the right to make digital transmissions. Currently, pre-1972 recordings are only covered by state law. Pre-1972 recordings will fall within the existing compulsory license system for digital transmissions, which currently only cover post-1972 recordings. The bill preempts claims under state and common law for digital transmission of pre-1972 recordings.

CLASSICS Act Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act

Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-07-19	House	Introduced in House

SB2393 (Same As) 2018-05-15 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
HB5447 (Related) 2018-04-26 - Received in the Senate.
SB2823 (Related) 2018-09-17 - By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 115-339.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3301/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3301/BILLS-115hr3301ih.pdf