House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
American Music Fairness Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 861.
- 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. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article I, Section 8, clause 8 provides Congress with the power to promote the ``Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 861, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
13 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 13 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), 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), Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1526 (119th) NORRA of 2025
- H.R. 5682 (119th) To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 300 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3770 (119th) FIREARM Act
- H.R. 1109 (119th) Litigation Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1702 (119th) JUDGES Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 326 (119th) American Music Fairness ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.