Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Dec 11, 2025
What it does
The Defense Civilian Faculty Copyright Act of 2025 would amend Title 17 of the United States Code to allow the federal government to use literary works created by civilian faculty members of the Uniformed of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the course of their employment without paying royalties. The bill modifies Section 105(d)(2) of the Copyright Act by adding the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as a new category of works eligible for royalty-free government use, and makes conforming adjustments to related subsections to reflect this addition. This change affects civilian faculty at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences by…
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