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                                                 Union Calendar No. 516
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5106

                          [Report No. 106-860]

            To make technical corrections in copyright law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2000

   Mr. Coble (for himself, Mr. Berman, and Mrs. Bono) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee of the Judiciary

                           September 18, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
      House on the State of the Union, and ordered to the printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           September 6, 2000]

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                                 A BILL


 
            To make technical corrections in copyright law.

    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 Technical Corrections Act 
of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CORRECTIONS TO 1999 ACT.

    Title I of the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus 
Reform Act of 1999, as enacted by section 1000(a)(9) of Public Law 106-
113, is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 1007 is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' 
                and inserting ``paragraph (2)(A)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``1005(e)'' and 
                inserting ``1005(d)''.
            (2) Section 1006(b) is amended by striking 
        ``119(b)(1)(B)(iii)'' and inserting ``119(b)(1)(B)(ii)''.
            (3)(A) Section 1006(a) is amended--
                    (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2).
            (B) Section 1011(b)(2)(A) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) in paragraph (1), by striking `primary 
                transmission made by a superstation and embodying a 
                performance or display of a work' and inserting 
                `performance or display of a work embodied in a primary 
                transmission made by a superstation or by the Public 
                Broadcasting Service satellite feed';''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 119(a)(6) is amended by striking ``of 
        performance'' and inserting ``of a performance''.
            (2)(A) The section heading for section 122 is amended by 
        striking ``rights; secondary'' and inserting ``rights: 
        Secondary''.
            (B) The item relating to section 122 in the table of 
        contents for chapter 1 is amended to read as follows:

``122. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by 
                            satellite carriers within local markets.''.
            (3)(A) The section heading for section 121 is amended by 
        striking ``reproduction'' and inserting ``Reproduction''.
            (B) The item relating to section 121 in the table of 
        contents for chapter 1 is amended by striking ``reproduction'' 
        and inserting ``Reproduction''.
            (4)(A) Section 106 is amended by striking ``107 through 
        121'' and inserting ``107 through 122''.
            (B) Section 501(a) is amended by striking ``106 through 
        121'' and inserting ``106 through 122''.
            (C) Section 511(a) is amended by striking ``106 through 
        121'' and inserting ``106 through 122''.
            (5) Section 101 is amended--
                    (A) by moving the definition of ``computer 
                program'' so that it appears after the definition of 
                ``compilation''; and
                    (B) by moving the definition of ``registration'' so 
                that it appears after the definition of ``publicly''.
            (6) Section 110(4)(B) is amended in the matter preceding 
        clause (i) by striking ``conditions;'' and inserting 
        ``conditions:''.
            (7) Section 118(b)(1) is amended in the second sentence by 
        striking ``to it''.
            (8) Section 119(b)(1)(A) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``transmitted'' and inserting 
                ``retransmitted''; and
                    (B) by striking ``transmissions'' and inserting 
                ``retransmissions''.
            (9) Section 203(a)(2) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A) the'' and inserting 
                        ``(A) The''; and
                            (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting a period;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``(B) the'' and inserting 
                        ``(B) The''; and
                            (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting a period; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(C) the'' 
                and inserting ``(C) The''.
            (10) Section 304(c)(2) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A) the'' and inserting 
                        ``(A) The''; and
                            (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting a period;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``(B) the'' and inserting 
                        ``(B) The''; and
                            (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting a period; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(C) the'' 
                and inserting ``(C) The''.
            (11) The item relating to section 903 in the table of 
        contents for chapter 9 is amended by striking ``licensure'' and 
        inserting ``licensing''.
            (12) Section 109 is amended by striking subsection (e).

SEC. 4. OTHER AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Amendment to Title 18.--Section 2319(e)(2) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``107 through 120'' and inserting 
``107 through 122''.
    (b) Standard Reference Data.--(1) Section 105(f) of Public Law 94-
553 is amended by striking ``section 290(e) of title 15'' and inserting 
``section 6 of the Standard Reference Data Act (15 U.S.C. 290e)''.
    (2) Section 6(a) of the Standard Reference Data Act (15 U.S.C. 
290e) is amended by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and all that follows 
through ``United States Code,'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding the 
limitations under section 105 of title 17, United States Code,''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 516

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5106

                          [Report No. 106-860]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

            To make technical corrections in copyright law.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 18, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed