ARTS Act

Bill: 117-s-169
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-02-02
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Elementary and secondary education

Intellectual property

Science and engineering education

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-17
text: Became Public Law No: 117-201.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress. To qualify for the fee waiver, the copyright registration application must be filed within a specified time frame, but the Copyright Office may waive fees for a qualifying work even if the application is filed outside the time frame.</p>

action_date: 2021-06-08
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress. To qualify for the fee waiver, the copyright registration application must be filed within a specified time frame, but the Copyright Office may waive fees for a qualifying work even if the application is filed outside the time frame.</p>

action_date: 2021-07-13
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress. To qualify for the fee waiver, the copyright registration application must be filed within a specified time frame, but the Copyright Office may waive fees for a qualifying work even if the application is filed outside the time frame.</p>

action_date: 2022-09-19
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress. To qualify for the fee waiver, the copyright registration application must be filed within a specified time frame, but the Copyright Office may waive fees for a qualifying work even if the application is filed outside the time frame.</p>

action_date: 2022-10-17
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act</b></p> <p>This act directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress. To qualify for the fee waiver, the copyright registration application must be filed within a specified time frame, but the Copyright Office may waive fees for a qualifying work even if the application is filed outside the time frame.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 2, 2021 Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act . 2. Waiver of fees for winners of certain competitions Section 708 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) In this subsection, the term covered competition means— (A) an art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute that is open only to high school students; or (B) the competition established under section 3 of House Resolution 77, 113th Congress, agreed to February 26, 2013. (2) With respect to a work that wins a covered competition, the Register of Copyrights— (A) shall waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) with respect to an application for registration of a copyright claim for that work if that application is submitted to the Copyright Office not later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the work claimed by the application wins the covered competition (referred to in this paragraph as the covered year ); and (B) may waive a fee described in subparagraph (A) for an application submitted after the end of the covered year if the fee would have been waived under that subparagraph had the application been submitted before the last day of the covered year. .

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 72 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 2, 2021 Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Leahy , Mr. Durbin , and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary June 8, 2021 Reported by Mr. Durbin , without amendment A BILL To amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act . 2. Waiver of fees for winners of certain competitions Section 708 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) In this subsection, the term covered competition means— (A) an art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute that is open only to high school students; or (B) the competition established under section 3 of House Resolution 77, 113th Congress, agreed to February 26, 2013. (2) With respect to a work that wins a covered competition, the Register of Copyrights— (A) shall waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) with respect to an application for registration of a copyright claim for that work if that application is submitted to the Copyright Office not later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the work claimed by the application wins the covered competition (referred to in this paragraph as the covered year ); and (B) may waive a fee described in subparagraph (A) for an application submitted after the end of the covered year if the fee would have been waived under that subparagraph had the application been submitted before the last day of the covered year. .

June 8, 2021 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act . 2. Waiver of fees for winners of certain competitions Section 708 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) In this subsection, the term covered competition means— (A) an art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute that is open only to high school students; or (B) the competition established under section 3 of House Resolution 77, 113th Congress, agreed to February 26, 2013. (2) With respect to a work that wins a covered competition, the Register of Copyrights— (A) shall waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) with respect to an application for registration of a copyright claim for that work if that application is submitted to the Copyright Office not later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the work claimed by the application wins the covered competition (referred to in this paragraph as the covered year ); and (B) may waive a fee described in subparagraph (A) for an application submitted after the end of the covered year if the fee would have been waived under that subparagraph had the application been submitted before the last day of the covered year. .

Passed the Senate July 13, 2021. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act or the ARTS Act . 2. Waiver of fees for winners of certain competitions Section 708 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) In this subsection, the term covered competition means— (A) an art competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute that is open only to high school students; or (B) the competition established under section 3 of House Resolution 77, 113th Congress, agreed to February 26, 2013. (2) With respect to a work that wins a covered competition, the Register of Copyrights— (A) shall waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) with respect to an application for registration of a copyright claim for that work if that application is submitted to the Copyright Office not later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the work claimed by the application wins the covered competition (referred to in this paragraph as the covered year ); and (B) may waive a fee described in subparagraph (A) for an application submitted after the end of the covered year if the fee would have been waived under that subparagraph had the application been submitted before the last day of the covered year. .

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate