text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Work Made For Hire and Copyright 
  Corrections Act of 2000''.
  
  SEC. 2. WORK MADE FOR HIRE.
  
      (a) Definition.--The definition of ``work made for hire'' contained 
  in section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``as a sound recording,''; 
      and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
      ``In determining whether any work is eligible to be considered a 
      work made for hire under paragraph (2), neither the amendment 
      contained in section 1011(d) of the Intellectual Property and 
      Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, as enacted by section 
      1000(a)(9) of Public Law 106-113, nor the deletion of the words 
      added by that amendment--
              ``(A) shall be considered or otherwise given any legal 
          significance, or
              ``(B) shall be interpreted to indicate congressional 
          approval or disapproval of, or acquiescence in, any judicial 
          determination,
      by the courts or the Copyright Office. Paragraph (2) shall be 
      interpreted as if both section 2(a)(1) of the Work Made For Hire 
      and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 and section 1011(d) of the 
      Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 
      1999, as enacted by section 1000(a)(9) of Public Law 106-113, were 
      never enacted, and without regard to any inaction or awareness by 
      the Congress at any time of any judicial determinations.''.
      (b) Effective Date.--
          (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
      be effective as of November 29, 1999.
          (2) Severability.--If the provisions of paragraph (1), or any 
      application of such provisions to any person or circumstance, is 
      held to be invalid, the remainder of this section, the amendments 
      made by this section, and the application of this section to any 
      other person or circumstance shall not be affected by such 
      invalidation.
  
  SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.
  
      (a) Amendments to Chapter 7.--Chapter 7 of title 17, United States 
  Code, is amended as follows:
          (1) Section 710, and the item relating to that section in the 
      table of contents for chapter 7, are repealed.
          (2) Section 705(a) is amended to read as follows:
      ``(a) The Register of Copyrights shall ensure that records of 
  deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under 
  this title are maintained, and that indexes of such records are 
  prepared.''.
          (3)(A) Section 708(a) is amended to read as follows:
      ``(a) Fees.--Fees shall be paid to the Register of Copyrights--
          ``(1) on filing each application under section 408 for 
      registration of a copyright claim or for a supplementary 
      registration, including the issuance of a certificate of 
      registration if registration is made;
          ``(2) on filing each application for registration of a claim 
      for renewal of a subsisting copyright under section 304(a), 
      including the issuance of a certificate of registration if 
      registration is made;
          ``(3) for the issuance of a receipt for a deposit under section 
      407;
          ``(4) for the recordation, as provided by section 205, of a 
      transfer of copyright ownership or other document;
          ``(5) for the filing, under section 115(b), of a notice of 
      intention to obtain a compulsory license;
          ``(6) for the recordation, under section 302(c), of a statement 
      revealing the identity of an author of an anonymous or pseudonymous 
      work, or for the recordation, under section 302(d), of a statement 
      relating to the death of an author;
          ``(7) for the issuance, under section 706, of an additional 
      certificate of registration;
          ``(8) for the issuance of any other certification; and
          ``(9) for the making and reporting of a search as provided by 
      section 705, and for any related services.
  The Register is authorized to fix fees for other services, including 
  the cost of preparing copies of Copyright Office records, whether or 
  not such copies are certified, based on the cost of providing the 
  service.''.
              (B) Section 708(b) is amended--
                  (i) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and 
              inserting the following:
      ``(b) Adjustment of Fees.--The Register of Copyrights may, by 
  regulation, adjust the fees for the services specified in paragraphs 
  (1) through (9) of subsection (a) in the following manner:'';
                  (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``increase'' and 
              inserting ``adjustment'';
                  (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``increase'' the 
              first place it appears and inserting ``adjust''; and
                  (iv) in paragraph (5), by striking ``increased'' and 
              inserting ``adjusted''.
      (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 121(a) of title 17, United 
  States Code, is amended by striking ``sections 106 and 710'' and 
  inserting ``section 106''.
      (c) Effective Date.--
          (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
      effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
          (2) Carry-over of existing fees.--The fees under section 708(a) 
      of title 17, United States Code, on the date of the enactment of 
      this Act shall be the fees in effect under section 708(a) of such 
      title on the day before such date of enactment.
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Requires the Register of Copyrights to ensure that records of deposits, registrations, recordations, and other related actions taken under copyright provisions are maintained and that indexes of such records are prepared. (Currently, the Register is required to keep such records in the Copyright Office and to prepare such indexes.)
  Revises Copyright Office fee provisions. Authorizes the Register to adjust (currently, increase) such fees.
feat_title: Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000