HR 4706 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Music Modernization Act of 2017

Introduced Dec 21, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Doug Collins R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 21, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 21, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Music Modernization Act of 2017

This bill amends the copyright law to create a statutory blanket license for making and distributing nondramatic musical sound recordings, including through digital delivery. The blanket license allows digital music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 21, 2017 to Apr 24, 2018, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Dec 21, 2017
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Dec 21, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Dec 21, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Dec 21, 2017
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Dec 21, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Dec 21, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jan 8, 2018
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Jan 8, 2018
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jan 11, 2018
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jan 11, 2018

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 21, 2017Introduced in House
Dec 21, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1551	Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act	Related bill	Oct 11, 2018
S 2334	Music Modernization Act of 2018	Identical bill	May 15, 2018
S 2823	Music Modernization Act	Related bill	Sep 17, 2018
HR 5447	Music Modernization Act	Related bill	Apr 26, 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

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Dec 21, 2017Introduced in House

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