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H.R. 4130: American Music Fairness Act of 2022

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H.R. 4130: American Music Fairness Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-24 · Commerce · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

American Music Fairness Act of 2022

Plain summary

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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Official text

American Music Fairness Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr4130 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117