[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7228 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7228

    To amend title 17, United States Code, to expand the copyright 
  protection provided to architectural works to golf courses, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2024

Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Panetta) 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, to expand the copyright 
  protection provided to architectural works to golf courses, 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 ``Bolstering Intellectual Rights 
against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act'' or the ``BIRDIE Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION PROVIDED TO ARCHITECTURAL 
              WORKS TO GOLF COURSES.

    (a) Design of Golf Courses.--Section 101 of title 17, United States 
Code, is amended in the matter related to the definition of 
``architectural work''--
            (1) by striking ``drawings.'' and inserting ``drawings, and 
        the design of a course on which golf is played (except for any 
        course on which mini golf, or other similar game, is played) as 
        embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including an 
        architectural plan or drawing''; and
            (2) by striking ``features.'' and inserting ``features. In 
        the case of a course on which golf is played, the work also 
        includes any of the following that is part of the course:
                    ``(1) Landscaping.
                    ``(2) An irrigation system.
                    ``(3) A path.
                    ``(4) A golf green.
                    ``(5) A tee.
                    ``(6) A facility in which golf is practiced.
                    ``(7) A bunker.
                    ``(8) A lake.
                    ``(9) A topographic feature.''.
    (b) Application.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall apply to--
            (1) a work created on or after December 1, 1990; and
            (2) a work that was unconstructed and embodied in 
        unpublished plans or drawings on December 1, 1990.
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