Notes on 17 U.S.C. § 803 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 17 U.S.C. § 803 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 108-419, Sec. 3(a), Nov. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2348;
amended Pub. L. 108-447, div. J, title IX [title I, Sec. 112], Dec.
8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3409.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The effective date of the Copyright Royalty and Distribution
Reform Act of 2004, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(6)(B),
(C)(viii), is the effective date of Pub. L. 108-419, which is 6
months after Nov. 30, 2004, subject to transition provisions, see
section 6 of Pub. L. 108-419, set out as an Effective Date;
Transition Provisions note under section 801 of this title.
The enactment of the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform
Act of 2004 and such date of enactment, referred to in subsec.
(b)(6)(A), (B), probably mean the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108-
419, which was approved Nov. 30, 2004.
Section 307 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994,
referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is section 307 of Pub. L. 103-69,
which is set out as a note under section 60-1 of Title 2, The
Congress.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 803, Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 19,
1976, 90 Stat. 2597, Sec. 804; Pub. L. 100-568, Sec. 11(2), Oct.
31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2860; Pub. L. 100-667, title II, Sec. 202(5),
Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3958; Pub. L. 101-318, Sec. 3(c), July 3,
1990, 104 Stat. 288; Pub. L. 102-563, Sec. 3(a)(2), Oct. 28, 1992,
106 Stat. 4248; renumbered Sec. 803 and amended Pub. L. 103-198,
Sec. 2(d), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2307; Pub. L. 104-39, Sec.
5(d)(5)-(7), Nov. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 105-80, Sec.
12(a)(20), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1535; Pub. L. 105-304, title
IV, Sec. 405(e)(5), (6), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2902, related to
institution and conclusion of proceedings of copyright arbitration
royalty panels, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by
Pub. L. 108-419.
Another prior section 803, Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101,
Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2596, related to procedures of the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-198,
Sec. 2(c), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2307.
AMENDMENTS
2004 - Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(i)(V). Pub. L. 108-447 which directed
amendment of subcl. (V) by inserting " ', except that in the case
of proceedings under section 111 that are scheduled to commence in
2005, such notice may not be published." before period at end, was
executed as if an end quotation mark for the inserted material
followed "published", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.