Allows the government to use writings by military health university faculty without paying royalties.
This bill would let the federal government use literary works created by civilian faculty at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences without paying royalties. Currently, these works are not automatically royalty-free for the government. If passed, this would mean the government could use these materials for free, but the faculty members would not earn extra money from such uses.
Currently, literary works created by civilian faculty at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences as part of their job are not explicitly listed in a specific part of federal copyright law (Title 17, Section 105(d)(2)). This means the Federal Government might need to pay royalties to use them. If this bill passes, these works would be explicitly included in that section. This would allow the Federal Government to use these works without paying royalties to the faculty members, even though the works themselves would not be considered 'works of the Federal Government.'
HR 6612 · 119th Congress · December 11, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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