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119-hr-6612119th CongressWALLET

Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

Introduced

Summary

royalty-free government use would extend to literary works created by civilian faculty at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) when made in the course of their employment. It adds USUHS to 17 U.S.C. §105(d)(2), renumbers nearby subparagraphs, and updates internal cross-references so the federal government may use those works without paying royalties under the existing statutory framework.

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Royalty-free use of Uniformed Services University faculty works

This bill would let federal agencies use your literary works royalty-free if you are a civilian faculty member at the Uniformed Services University. It would apply only to works made as part of your job. You could lose the ability to license or collect royalties on those on-the-job writings. It would not change salary or create new payments.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

NE • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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