I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7763 
To establish the Artist Compensation Royalty Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2024 
Ms. TLAIB (for herself, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. 
RAMIREZ, and Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish the Artist Compensation Royalty Fund, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Living Wage for Musi-
cians Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. ARTIST COMPENSATION ROYALTY FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Register, with the ap-
proval of the Librarian of Congress, shall designate 
an eligible entity to establish and administer a fund 
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to be known as the Artist Compensation Royalty 
Fund. 
(2) NOTICE OF DESIGNATION IN FEDERAL REG-
ISTER.—Not later than 30 days after the eligible en-
tity is designated under paragraph (1), the Register 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register that— 
(A) includes the contact information for 
the eligible entity; and 
(B) the reason for why the Register des-
ignated the eligible entity under such para-
graph. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS INTO FUND.— 
(1) DEPOSIT.—The Fund Administrator shall 
deposit into the Fund any amounts received by the 
Fund Administrator under paragraph (2) or (3). 
(2) AMOUNTS FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Not 
later than the last day of the first calendar quarter 
after the calendar quarter in which the Fund admin-
istrator is designated, and each calendar quarter 
thereafter, a service provider shall provide to the 
Fund Administrator, for deposit into the Fund— 
(A) the amounts collected by the service 
provider in the prior calendar quarter from the 
living wage royalty fee; and 
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(B) 10 percent of any non-subscription 
revenue received by the service provider in the 
prior calendar quarter. 
(3) AMOUNTS
FROM
SOURCES
OTHER
THAN 
SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The Fund Administrator may 
receive amounts for deposit into the Fund from any 
source, including from a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment. 
(c) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
made available in accordance with section 3. 
SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO MUSICAL ARTISTS FROM ARTIST 
COMPENSATION ROYALTY FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS.—Amounts in 
the Fund shall be allocated as follows: 
(A) 90 percent of such amounts shall be 
allocated for payments to eligible featured art-
ists. 
(B) 10 percent of such amounts shall be 
allocated for payments to eligible non-featured 
artists. 
(2) PAYMENTS FROM FUND.—Not later than 
the last day of the calendar quarter in which 
amounts are first deposited into the Fund under sec-
tion 2(b)(2), and once each calendar quarter there-
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after, the Fund Administrator shall promptly pro-
vide— 
(A) a percentage of the amount allocated 
under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection to 
each eligible featured artist, that is equal to the 
percentage of qualifying streams accrued by the 
eligible featured artist in the prior calendar 
quarter out of all qualifying streams accrued by 
all eligible featured artists in the prior calendar 
quarter; and 
(B) payment from the amount allocated 
under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection to 
the American Federation of Musicians and 
Screen Actors Guild and the American Federa-
tion of Television and Radio Artists Intellectual 
Property Rights Distribution Fund (or any suc-
cessor Fund) for distribution to each eligible 
non-featured artist. 
(3) UNCLAIMED FUNDS.—If the Fund Adminis-
trator attempts to the best of the ability of the Fund 
Administrator to identify an eligible featured artist 
to provide payment to such artist under paragraph 
(2)(A), and is unable to identify such artist at such 
time, the Fund shall— 
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