H.R. 10843House bill · 119th CongressIn committee

To amend title 17, United States Code, to reform copyright laws relating to visual artists.

Sponsored byBen ClineR-VA-6Introduced Oct 19, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Oct 19, 2026) — on the Judiciary.

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pine_machinistDemoAZ-5voted Nay2d ago
What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The same objection applied to the last version and went unanswered.
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river_readerDemoIL-10voted Yea3d ago
I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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PlainsVoterDemoIL-7voted Nay3d ago
Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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hollow_districtDemoCA-13voted Nay3d ago
That's the part I can't get past either — broad authority, thin guardrails.
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abel_commuterDemoNY-1voted Nay2d ago
Has a version of this been introduced before? It feels familiar, and if it died last Congress I'd want to know what killed it. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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hollow_districtDemoCA-13voted Nay3d ago
I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.
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