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RAP Act of 2025

4678

119th Congress

Law

In Committee

RAP Act of 2025

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 23, 2025

Latest Action

July 23, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Democratic(GA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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Summary

No CRS summary is available for this bill yet. The source title, actions, sponsors, and text versions below come from Congress.gov.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (10)

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Filing registrants (3)

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (4)FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE) (1)RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES) (5)

RECORDING ACADEMYclient→RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES)

2026 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protecting creative expression in courts of law by prohibiting use of lyrics as evidence Support for the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (H.R. 4678)

Client expense: $120,778 · Firm income: Not reported

Actions (2)

July 23, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

July 23, 2025

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	House	Referred To	July 23, 2025

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	July 23, 2025	XML

Cosponsors (21)

Name	Party	State
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democratic	NY
André Carson	Democratic	IN
Ayanna Pressley	Democratic	MA

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RECORDING ACADEMYclient→GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP

2026 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protect creative expression in courts relating to song lyrics as evidence HR 4678 - Restoring Artistic Protection Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

HR 4678

DIANE BLAGMAN

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

RECORDING ACADEMYclient→RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES)

2026 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protecting creative expression in courts of law by prohibiting use of lyrics as evidence Support for the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (H.R. 4678)

Client expense: $120,778 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 4678

KIMBERLEY ALTON mr TODD DUPLER ms MONTANA MILLER

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

RECORDING ACADEMYclient→RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES)

2025 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protecting creative expression in courts of law by prohibiting use of lyrics as evidence Support for the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (H.R. 4678)

Client expense: $86,665 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 4678

KIMBERLEY ALTON mr TODD DUPLER ms MONTANA MILLER

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

RECORDING ACADEMYclient→GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP

2025 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protect creative expression in courts relating to song lyrics as evidence HR 4678 - Restoring Artistic Protection Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

HR 4678

DIANE BLAGMAN

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

RECORDING ACADEMYclient→RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES)

2025 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

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Protecting creative expression in courts of law by prohibiting use of lyrics as evidence Support for the Restoring Artistic Protection Act (H.R. 4678)

Client expense: $255,422 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 4678

KIMBERLEY ALTON mr TODD DUPLER ms MONTANA MILLER

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)client→FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)

2025 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

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Legislation to prohibit government jawboning; legislation to amend 42 U.S.C. 1988 to ensure that substantially prevailing parties can recover attorneys fees in civil rights cases; S.1367, NO FAKES Act, which would create a property right in likenesses; S. 278, the Kids Off Social Media Act, which would require age verification for social media; and H.R.4678, the Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2025, which would restrict the admissibility of certain protected expression in court.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.4678

TYLER COWARD mr GREG GONZALEZ mr JOHN COLEMAN

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE