House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
American Music Fairness Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 791.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H682):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill provides fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 194 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 791, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 791, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 14 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Mark Green (R-TN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1505 (118th) No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
- H.R. 423 (118th) Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023
- H.R. 6610 (118th) Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
- H.R. 6443 (118th) Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1753 (118th) To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.
- H.R. 1631 (118th) Pro Codes Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.