A bill to provide that nonresident, foreign nationals not be compensated unless such claimant's country compensates United States citizens for retransmission of materials they own.

Summary

Permits nonresident foreign nationals to collect royalties for the secondary transmission of their work in this country only if their own countries provide equivalent treatment for U.S. citizens and their work.

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Timeline

1. 9 March 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 March 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

   Source: Committee

4. 15 November 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-582.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 March 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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