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H.R. 6612 119th Congress House

Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the royalty-free use by Federal Government of literary works produced by civilian faculty members of the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the royalty-free use by Federal Government of literary works produced by civilian faculty members of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in the course of such employment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2025 Introduced by: Don Bacon Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6612: Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6612/
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"H.R. 6612: Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6612/.
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H.R. 6612, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6612/.
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