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All Information (Except Text) for H.R.5447 - Music Modernization Act 115th Congress (2017-2018)

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Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] (Introduced 04/10/2018)
Committees: House - Judiciary
Committee Meetings: 04/11/18 10:00AM
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-651
Latest Action: Senate - 04/26/2018 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There has been 1 roll call vote
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Titles (19)

Short Titles

Short Titles - House of Representatives

Short Titles as Passed House

Music Modernization Act

Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill
  • AMP Act
  • Allocation for Music Producers Act
  • CLASSICS Act
  • Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act
  • Musical Works Modernization Act

Short Titles as Reported to House

Music Modernization Act

Short Titles as Reported to House for portions of this bill
  • AMP Act
  • Allocation for Music Producers Act
  • CLASSICS Act
  • Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act
  • Musical Works Modernization Act

Short Titles as Introduced

Music Modernization Act

Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
  • AMP Act
  • Allocation for Music Producers Act
  • CLASSICS Act
  • Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act
  • Musical Works Modernization Act

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

To modernize copyright law, and for other purposes.

Actions Overview (3)

Date Actions Overview
04/25/2018 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 154).(text: CR H3522-3536)
04/25/2018 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-651.
04/10/2018 Introduced in House

All Actions (14)

Date Chamber All Actions
04/26/2018 Senate Received in the Senate.
04/25/2018-4:43pm House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
04/25/2018-4:43pm House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 154). (text: CR H3522-3536)
04/25/2018-4:37pm House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3560-3561)
04/25/2018-2:57pm House At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
04/25/2018-2:05pm House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5447.
04/25/2018-2:05pm House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3522-3542)
04/25/2018-2:05pm House Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
04/25/2018 House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
04/25/2018 House Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-651.
04/11/2018 House Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
04/11/2018 House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
04/10/2018 House Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
04/10/2018 House Introduced in House

Cosponsors (49)

Cosponsor Date Cosponsored
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]* 04/10/2018
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]* 04/10/2018
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] 04/23/2018
Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] 04/23/2018
Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] 04/23/2018
Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] 04/23/2018
Rep. Handel, Karen C. [R-GA-6] 04/23/2018
Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] 04/23/2018
Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] 04/23/2018
Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] 04/23/2018
Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] 04/24/2018
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] 04/24/2018
Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] 04/24/2018
Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] 04/24/2018
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] 04/24/2018
Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] 04/24/2018
Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] 04/24/2018
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] 04/24/2018
Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] 04/25/2018
Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] 04/25/2018
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] 04/25/2018

Committees (1)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Related Documents
House Judiciary 04/10/2018 Referred to
04/11/2018 Markup by
04/25/2018 Reported by H. Rept. 115-651

Related Bills (8)

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Subjects (17)

Latest Summary (1)

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Introduced in House (04/10/2018)

Music Modernization Act

This bill makes various changes to copyright law related to sound recordings, including providing protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, creating a system for paying royalties to producers and sound engineers, and establishing a statutory blanket license for digital music services. The blanket license allows music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.