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 performances. However, after the Register had deducted the costs involved in these procedures and deposited the royalties in the U.S. Treasury, the Commission would assume all duties involved in distributing the royalties, regardless of whether or not there were a dispute.

Conference substitute

The conference substitute conforms in general to the House bill, but with several changes. The body established by chapter 8 is to be named the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and is to consist of five commissioners appointed for staggered seven-year terms by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Tribunal is to be an independent agency in the legislative branch; a new section defines the responsibilities of the Library of Congress to provide administrative support to the Tribunal, and establishes specific regulatory authority governing the procedures and responsibilities for disbursement of funds. The House receded on its language appearing in the last sentence of section 801(b) (1), and the conference agreed to a substitute for that language.

Senate bill

Title II of the Senate bill proposed to establish a new form of protection for ‘‘original ornamental designs of useful articles.’’ The title, which consisted of 35 sections, offered a limited short-term form of protection for designs. This protection was based on copyright principles but was provided separately from the copyright law itself.

House amendment

The House amendment deleted title II of the bill entirely, together with two subsections of section 113 dealing with the interrelationship between titles I and II. It revised the definition of ‘‘pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works’’ in section 101 to clarify the distinction between works of applied art subject to protection under the bill and industrial designs not subject to copyright protection.

Conference substitute

The conference substitute adopts the House amendments. 