United States · Bill · S
S. 1880 (97th)
A bill to amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law.
Introduced
20 November 1981
Last action
30 June 1982 · Passed
Status
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.
Sponsors
Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN], Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO], Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the copyright law to eliminate the prior to July 1, 1982, restriction on the application of the manufacturing requirements to nondramatic literary material.
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Timeline
20 November 1981
Introduced
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
20 November 1981
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
23 June 1982
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 689.
Source: Calendars
23 June 1982
Reported
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
23 June 1982
Reported
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
30 June 1982
Passed
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 6198 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
2 official files
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 23 June 1982
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 20 November 1981
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Sponsors
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/1880
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/s/1880
- us · 97-s-1880 · source updated 10 August 2026