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PUBLIC LAW 109–303—OCT. 6, 2006

Public Law 109–303 109th Congress An Act Oct. 6, 2006 [H.R. 1036] Copyright Royalty Judges Program Technical Corrections Act. 17 USC 101 note.

To amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical corrections relating to Copyright Royalty Judges, 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 ‘‘Copyright Royalty Judges Program Technical Corrections Act’’. SEC. 2. REFERENCE.

Any reference in this Act to a provision of title 17, United States Code, refers to such provision as amended by the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 419) and the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 (title IX of division J of Public Law 108–447). SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.

Chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 801(b)(1) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘119 and 1004’’ and inserting ‘‘119, and 1004’’. (2) Section 801 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACTIONS.—On and after the date of the enactment of the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, in any case in which time limits are prescribed under this title for performance of an action with or by the Copyright Royalty Judges, and in which the last day of the prescribed period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other nonbusiness day within the District of Columbia or the Federal Government, the action may be taken on the next succeeding business day, and is effective as of the date when the period expired.’’. (3) Section 802(f)(1)(A) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii) of this subparagraph and subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) and clause (ii) of this subparagraph’’; and (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: ‘‘(ii) One or more Copyright Royalty Judges may, or by motion to the Copyright Royalty Judges, any participant in a proceeding may, request from the Register of Copyrights an interpretation of any material questions of substantive law that relate to the construction of provisions of this title and arise in the course of the proceeding.

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