Amends the copyright law to require that registration fees be paid to the Copyright Office when the registration application is filed. Limits refunds of such fees to mistakes or excess payments.
Exempts nonprofit veterans' organizations and nonprofit fraternal organizations from the requirement that nondramatic literary or musical performance royalties be paid to copyright holders when the performances are for charitable fund raising purposes.
Upgrades the position of Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to that of Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Kastenmeier, Brooks, Schroeder, Frank, Railsback, Butler, Sawyer.
Senate insists on its amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Thurmond; Mathias; Laxalt; DeConcini; Zorinsky.
Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-930 Filed in House.
Conference Report 97-930 Filed in House.
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-366.
Became Public Law No: 97-366.
Enacted as Public Law 97-366
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