Bill > HR6612

This bill amends Title 17 of the United States Code to provide royalty-free use of literary works created by civilian faculty members of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) during the course of their employment by the federal government. Specifically, the bill adds USUHS to the list of institutions where works created by employees are automatically considered works made for hire, meaning the federal government can use these works without paying additional royalties or seeking further permission from the authors. The bill makes technical changes to the existing copyright law by shifting the existing lettered subparagraphs to accommodate the new addition and updating cross-references accordingly. This change ensures that literary works produced by civilian faculty at USUHS, such as academic papers, textbooks, or research publications created as part of their job responsibilities, can be freely used by the federal government without copyright restrictions, which is consistent with how works are treated for other government-affiliated institutions.

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