A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to exempt nonprofit veterans' organizations and nonprofit fraternal organizations from the requirement that certain performance royalties be paid to copyright holders.

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Introduced

23 February 1981

Last action

21 July 1982 · Committee

Status

Tabled by Subcommittee.

Sponsors

Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-6], Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1], Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14], Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2], Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2], Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7], Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43], Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1], Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6], Rep. Siljander, Mark D. [R-MI-4], Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4], Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14], Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17], Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1], Rep. Carney, William [R-NY-1], Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5], Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8], Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39], Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11], Rep. Fary, John G. [D-IL-5], Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3], Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10], Rep. Johnston, Eugene (Gene) [R-NC-6], Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1], Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1], Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4], Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1], Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2], Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3], Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-23], Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]

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Summary

Exempts nonprofit veterans' organizations and nonprofit fraternal organizations from the requirement that nondramatic literary or musical performance royalties be paid to copyright holders.

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Timeline

23 February 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 1981
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Source: Committee
28 May 1981
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
25 June 1981
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
15 July 1981
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
22 July 1981
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
21 July 1982
Committee
Tabled by Subcommittee.
Source: Committee
21 July 1982
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee

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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 February 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/2007
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