United States · Law · S
S. 756 (102nd)
Copyright Amendments Act of 1992
Introduced
21 March 1991
Last action
—
Status
Became Public Law No: 102-307.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends Federal copyright law to provide an automatic copyright renewal system for all works copyrighted before January 1, 1978 (thus eliminating registration filing requirements for a second term of copyright protection). Sets forth copyright renewal terms and procedures. Repeals the requirement that the Register of Copyrights report periodically to the Congress regarding library and archives photocopying of copyrighted materials.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
10 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN
Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Engrossed Amendment House (text)
Engrossed Amendment House · EN
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 27 June 1992
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 4 June 1992
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 25 November 1991
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 22 October 1991
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 March 1991
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/756
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/102/s/756