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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-651
MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT
APRIL 25, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5447]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5447) to modernize copyright law, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 18
C om m ittee C onsideration ........................................................................................ 18
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 18
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 19
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 20
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 20
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 25
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 25
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 25
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................. 25
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 25
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 31
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 5447 updates music copyright laws by creating a new com-
pulsory blanket licensing system for mechanical works, updating
the rate standards applicable to music licensing, modifying the rate
setting process in the Southern District of New York, providing
copyright royalties to pre-1972 artists, and ensuring that pro-
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