FILM Act
Latest action · Apr 5, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Interior Land Media Act or the FILM Act
This bill rewrites provisions for commercial filming activities or similar projects in National Park System units and on other federal lands.
Specifically, the bill provides exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, including still photography, digital or analog video, or digital or analog audio recording activities, on land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2023 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2023Hearings Mar 28, 2023 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2023 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2023 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- Mar 28, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Mar 14, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2023Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 47, March 14, 2023, page H1287.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-12 | H.R. 930, H.R. 1319, H.R. 1380, H.R. 1527, H.R. 1576, H.R. 1614, H.R. 1642, AND H.R. 1667109 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 28, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 873 | America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023 | Related bill | Nov 1, 2023 |
| HR 6492 | EXPLORE Act | Related bill | Jan 4, 2025 |
| HR 8258 | FILM Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 3, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, regardless of distribution platform, including still photography, digital or analog video, and digital or analog audio recording activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FILM Act
- Federal Interior Land Media Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
