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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Royalty Distribution Clarification Act of 2006 - Allows Copyright Royalty Judges, upon the motion of a claimant and after publication of a request for responses, to make a partial distribution of cable and satellite royalty fees at any time after the filing of claims for distribution if no eligible claimant has stated a reasonable objection. (Current law authorizes a partial distribution during the pendency of a distribution proceeding.) </p>]]></text>
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