These "snippets" are almost certainly covered by Fair Use in the US. I haven't read the text of the bill, but from the description in the article, it's almost certainly inconsistent with the rest of USC 17 and would create an ungodly legal mess. It sounds nearly as stupid as the Australian law.
I read (and pay for) newspapers, and I don't like Google or Facebook. And I'm broadly in favor of regulation where it's needed to address externalities. But these laws are rubbish, and their revenge effects will greatly outweigh any little good they do.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
