[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 989 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 989

To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of 
                   copyright, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1995

 Mr. Moorhead (for himself, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Coble, Mr. Goodlatte, 
   Mr. Bono, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Berman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Clement, and Mr. 
  Gallegly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of 
                   copyright, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Copyright Term Extension Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS.

    (a) Preemption With Respect to Other Laws.--Section 301(c) of title 
17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``February 15, 2047'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``February 15, 2067''.
    (b) Duration of Copyright: Works Created On or After January 1, 
1978.--Section 302 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``fifty'' and inserting 
        ``70'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``fifty'' and inserting 
        ``70'';
            (3) in subsection (c) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``seventy-five'' and inserting 
                ``95''; and
                    (B) by striking ``one hundred'' and inserting 
                ``120''; and
            (4) in subsection (e) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``seventy-five'' and inserting 
                ``95'';
                    (B) by striking ``one hundred'' and inserting 
                ``120''; and
                    (C) by striking ``fifty'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``70''.
    (c) Duration of Copyright: Works Created but not Published or 
Copyrighted Before January 1, 1978.--Section 303 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended in the second sentence--
            (1) by striking ``December 31, 2002'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2012''; and
            (2) by striking ``December 31, 2027'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2047''.
    (d) Duration of Copyright: Subsisting Copyrights.--
            (1) Section 304 of title 17, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
                                ``47'' and inserting ``67''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (C) by 
                                striking ``47'' and inserting ``67'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
                                ``47'' and inserting ``67''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B) by 
                                striking ``47'' and inserting ``67''; 
                                and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A)(i) by 
                                striking ``47'' and inserting ``67''; 
                                and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B) by 
                                striking ``47'' and inserting ``67''; 
                                and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by striking ``seventy-five'' 
                and inserting ``95''.
            (2) Section 102 of the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992 
        (Public Law 102-307; 106 Stat. 266; 17 U.S.C. 304 note) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking ``47'' and inserting 
                        ``67'';
                            (ii) by striking ``(as amended by 
                        subsection (a) of this section)''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``effective date of this 
                        section'' each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``effective date of the Copyright Term 
                        Extension Act of 1995''; and
                    (B) in subsection (g)(2) in the second sentence by 
                inserting before the period the following: ``, except 
                each reference to forty-seven years in such provisions 
                shall be deemed to be 67 years''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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