Cosponsor
No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis
Compared with: enact tax relief for small businesses, create good-paying jobs, and restore America as a manufacturing powerhouse
The stated policy goal is about tax relief for small businesses, job creation, and restoring manufacturing. The cosponsored bill concerns music copyright licensing and royalty rules for terrestrial radio broadcasters and sound recordings, which does not directly advance or oppose that specific economic/manufacturing goal. Any effect on jobs or small businesses would be indirect and too speculative to score as support or opposition.
“Adam has always believed that small businesses are the true engine of growth, and he continues to fight to enact tax relief for small businesses, to create good-paying jobs, and to restore America as a manufacturing powerhouse.”
Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28
Official legislative summarySummary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Timing unknown
Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.
No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis
Compared with: ensuring our small businesses and smallbusiness owners have access to affordable lending and capital access programs and receive critical support in the aftermath of natural disasters
The stated policy goal is about small-business access to affordable lending, capital access programs, and disaster support. The cosponsored bill instead concerns copyright licensing and royalty rules for sound recordings on broadcast transmissions, including payment obligations for radio stations and some flat fees for low-revenue broadcasters. That is not a direct policy mechanism for small-business lending, capital access, or disaster relief, so a defensible comparison cannot be made.
“As a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, he is dedicated to ensuring our small businesses and smallbusiness owners have access to affordable lending and capital access programs and receive critical support in the aftermath of natural disasters.”
Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28
Opposing provisions
“American Music Fairness Act This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission.”
“(Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to get a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.)”
“Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings.”
“The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license.”
“When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings.”
“Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.”
Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope
Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.
“American Music Fairness Act This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission.”Official summary source