[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H1878-H1879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 1189) to make technical corrections in title 17, United States 
Code, and other laws, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 1189

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

     SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES 
                   CODE.

       (a) Exemption of Certain Performances and Displays on 
     Exclusive Rights.--Section 110(5) of title 17, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(A) a direct charge'' and inserting ``(i) 
     a direct charge''; and
       (2) by striking ``(B) the transmission'' and inserting 
     ``(ii) the transmission''.
       (b) Ephemeral Recordings.--Section 112(e) of title 17, 
     United States Code, is amended--

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       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively;
       (2) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``(2)'' and inserting ``(1)'';
       (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(2)'';
       (B) by striking ``(4)'' and inserting ``(3)'';
       (C) by striking ``(6)'' and inserting ``(5)''; and
       (D) by striking ``(3) and (4)'' and inserting ``(2) and 
     (3)''; and
       (4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking ``(4)'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``(3)''; and
       (B) by striking ``(5)'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``(4)''.
       (c) Determination of Reasonable License Fees for Individual 
     Proprietors.--Chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating the section 512 entitled 
     ``Determination of reasonable license fees for individual 
     proprietors'' as section 513 and placing such section after 
     the section 512 entitled ``Limitations on liability relating 
     to material online''; and
       (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of that 
     chapter by striking

``512. Determination of reasonable license fees for individual 
              proprietors.''

     and inserting

``513. Determination of reasonable license fees for individual 
              proprietors.''

     and placing that item after the item entitled

``512. Limitations on liability relating to material online.''.

       (d) Online Copyright Infringement Liability.--Section 512 
     of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (e)--
       (A) by amending the caption to read as follows:
       ``(e) Limitation on Liability of Nonprofit Educational 
     Institutions.--''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Injunctions.--''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (j), by amending the 
     caption to read as follows:
       ``(3) Notice and ex parte orders.--''.
       (e) Integrity of Copyright Management Information.--Section 
     1202(e)(2)(B) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``category or works'' and inserting ``category of 
     works''.
       (f) Protection of Designs.--(1) Section 1302(5) of title 
     17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``1 year'' and 
     inserting ``2 years''.
       (2) Section 1320(c) of title 17, United States Code, is 
     amended in the subsection caption by striking 
     ``Acknowledgement'' and inserting ``Acknowledgment''.

     SEC. 2. OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

       (a) Clerical Amendment to Title 28, U.S.C.--The section 
     heading for section 1400 of title 28, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1400. Patents and copyrights, mask works, and 
       designs''.

       (b) Elimination of Conflicting Provision.--Section 5316 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``Commissioner of Patents, Department of Commerce.''.
       (c) Clerical Correction to Title 35, U.S.C.--Section 3(d) 
     of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking ``, 
     United States Code''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Coble) and the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Berman) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble).


                             General Leave

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on H.R. 1189.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. COBLE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1189, to make 
technical corrections to title 17 of the United States Code and other 
laws. An amended version of this bill is presented for passage under 
suspension of the rules.
  The amendment to the reported bill makes further technical 
corrections to title 17 and other laws. As a result of two major 
copyright bills which were signed in law late in the 105th Congress, 
several technical errors need to be corrected in order to prevent 
confusion. H.R. 1189 corrects these errors by making purely technical 
amendments to the Copyright Act and other laws. H.R. 1189, Mr. Speaker, 
does not make any substantive changes in the law.
  I am unaware of any opposition to this amendment, and I urge a 
favorable vote on H.R. 1189.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support also of H.R. 1189, a bill making 
technical corrections in title 17, the Copyright Act.
  If ever a bill were truly technical, this is it. Our committee 
labored long, hard, and successfully last Congress to produce landmark 
legislation in the copyright area. The brevity of the bill before us 
today is testimony to a job well done by all concerned in that effort, 
and I commend those people.
  I commend this technical corrections bill to my colleagues.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1189, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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