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HR 5704 111th Congress House

To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly…

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to se… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 1, 2010 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Higher educationIntellectual propertyMilitary education and trainingTeaching, teachers, curricula
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jul 2, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jul 1, 2010
Referred to House Armed Services
Jul 1, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Jul 1, 2010
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 1, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
Jul 1, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes a faculty member of a military service academy (including the Coast Guard Academy and Merchant Marine Academy) or Department of Defense (DOD) professional school (including the National Defense University) to secure federal copyright protection for a scholarly work prepared as part of that person's official duties, but only for purposes of publication by a scholarly press or journal for which such a copyright is required. Requires the faculty member to transfer such copyright to the owner or publisher of the medium for which the work will be published. Prohibits the acceptance of royalties or other compensation by reason of such copyright protection.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 1, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5704: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5704/
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"H.R. 5704: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5704/.
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H.R. 5704, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5704/.
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[H.R. 5704: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5704/)
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