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H.R. 4130 117th Congress House

American Music Fairness Act of 2022

Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 26, 2021 See on congress.gov
Commerce Art, artists, authorshipBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesIntellectual propertyLicensing and registrations
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MusicSmall businessSound recordingTelecommunication rates and fees
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 30, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-693.
Dec 30, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.
Dec 7, 2022
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 7, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 16, 2022
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Nadler asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4130, a bill originally introduced by Representative Deutch, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 24, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 30, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Music Fairness Act of 2022

This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission and addresses other related issues. (Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to secure a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.)

Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license. When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings.

Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.

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 Lobbying activity 1

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  • BECKER & POLIAKOFF, P.A.
    for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
 Cosponsors 36
All 36 Democratic 25 Republican 5
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Dec 27, 2022
 D
Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Dec 27, 2022
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Dec 1, 2022
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 31, 2022
Sires, Albio
· Feb 4, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jan 20, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Jan 12, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Dec 20, 2021
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 14, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Dec 14, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 19, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Nov 19, 2021
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Nov 19, 2021
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Nov 19, 2021
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Nov 19, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Oct 26, 2021
 R
Green, Mark E.
Texas · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 19, 2021
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 19, 2021
COOPER, JAMES
· Oct 8, 2021
Higgins, Brian
· Oct 8, 2021
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 8, 2021
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 8, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 8, 2021
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 8, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Jun 24, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 24, 2021
 R
Harshbarger, Diana
Tennessee · Jun 24, 2021
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 24, 2021
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jun 24, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 24, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4130: American Music Fairness Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4130/
MLA
"H.R. 4130: American Music Fairness Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4130/.
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H.R. 4130, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4130/.
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