legislation: 100-s-1785

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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date	url
100-s-1785	100	s	1785	A bill to amend section 601 of title 17 of the United States Code, the Copyright Act.	Commerce	1987-10-13	1987-11-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	15	Amends the copyright law to extend the manufacturing clause, which prohibits the importation of certain English language books by American authors not manufactured in the United States or Canada. Suspends such clause unless the percentage of imports reaches or exceeds four times domestic printing production during calendar year 1986 in which case such clause will be imposed for one year or until the Secretary of Commerce certifies the percentage of imports has fallen below the requisite level.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z

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