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Manufacture and Public Distribution of Certain Copyrighted Material Act

Introduced: November 1, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 1986
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681.
Jun 11, 1986
Committee on Finance. Reported to Senate by Senator Packwood with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 99-322.
Jun 11, 1986
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 10, 1986
Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-767.
Jun 6, 1986
Star Print ordered report 99-303.
May 21, 1986
Referred to the Committee on Finance by unanimous consent for a period not to extend beyond June 11, 1986, provided, that any amendments reported by the Committee on Finance relating to the subject matter of the bill, as reported, shall be in order and that the bill be available for consideration on June 12, 1986.
May 19, 1986
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
May 19, 1986
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-303. Minority views filed.
Apr 24, 1986
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 21, 1986
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
Dec 4, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks discharge extended to February 28, 1986.
Nov 15, 1985
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department, Patent and Trademark Office (Commerce Department).
Nov 15, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Referred to the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks for a period not to exceed 30 days. If the Subcommittee has not acted by December 16, 1985, the Subcommittee will be automatically discharged from further consideration thereof.
Nov 1, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 1, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment, S. Rept. 99-322)

Amends the copyright law to repeal the manufacturing clause which requires copies of certain English language works by U.S. authors to be manufactured in the United States or Canada to be eligible for U.S. copyright protection.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative to identify and report to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee by February 1, 1987, on barriers to trade printed material erected by specified countries.

What's happening now June 11, 1986

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 1, 1985
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Nov 1, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1822: Manufacture and Public Distribution of Certain Copyrighted Material Act. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1822/
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"S. 1822: Manufacture and Public Distribution of Certain Copyrighted Material Act." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1822/.
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