A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to exempt the private noncommercial recording of copyrighted works on video recorders from copyright infringement.

Introduced

3 January 1983

Last action

8 July 1983 · Committee

Status

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Justice.

Sponsors

Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5], Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8], Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1], Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-21], Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1], Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2], Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29], Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3], Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4], Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7], Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4], Rep. Marriott, David Daniel [R-UT-2], Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3], Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5], Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5], Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1], Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4], Rep. Whitley, Charles O., Sr. [D-NC-3], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Hatcher, Charles [D-GA-2], Rescom. Corrada, Baltasar [I-PR-At Large], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1], Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5], Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19], Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7], Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1], Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10], Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4], Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8], Rep. Martin, David O'B. [R-NY-26], Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3], Rep. Martin, James G. [R-NC-9], Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]

Subjects

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Source updated

16 January 2025