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                          APRIL 19, 2017 
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                 RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-13 
                 
          TEXT OF H.R. 1695, REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS 
           SELECTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 

       [Showing the text of H.R. 1695 as ordered reported 
                by the Committee on the Judiciary.] 




1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2       This Act may be cited as the ''Register of Copyrights  

3  Selection and Accountability Act of 2017''.  

4  SEC. 2. REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS.  

5       (a) AMENDMENTS.--Section 701 of title 17, United  

6  States Code, is amended-- 

7            (1) in subsection (a)-- 

8                 (A) by striking ''(a) All administrative''  

9            and inserting the following:  

10       ''(a) REGISTER AND DIRECTOR.-- 

11            ''(1) IN GENERAL.--All administrative'';  

12                  (B) by striking ''director'' and inserting  

13            ''Director'';  

14                  (C) by inserting after the first sentence the  

15            following: ''The Register of Copyrights shall be  

16            a citizen of the United States with a profes- 

17            sional background and experience in copyright  

18            law and shall be appointed by the President  





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