117 HR 6566 IH: Freedom to Repair Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-02-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6566IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 2, 2022Mr. Jones (for himself and Mrs. Spartz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Freedom to Repair Act of 2022.

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Diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment

Section 1201 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (l)

Diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of digital electronic equipment

(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic equipment, to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. (2)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(2), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic equipment, to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof described in that subsection. (3)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b)(1), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic equipment, to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof described in that subsection. (4)Nothing in this subsection applies to manufacturers or distributors of a medical device as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 321(h)) or a digital electronic product or embedded software manufactured for use in a medical setting including diagnostic, monitoring, or control equipment or any product or service that they offer. (5)For the purposes of this subsection, the term digital electronic equipment means any product dependent, in whole or in part, upon attached or embedded digital electronics to function..