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Official Titles

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Official Title as Introduced

To make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws.


Actions Overview (3)

Date Actions Overview
04/13/1999 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
04/12/1999 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-84.
03/18/1999 Introduced in House

All Actions (15)

Date Chamber All Actions
07/27/1999 House See S.1260.
04/14/1999 Senate Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
04/13/1999-11:20am House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
04/13/1999-11:20am House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
04/13/1999-11:18am House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1189.
04/13/1999-11:18am House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1878-1879)
04/13/1999-11:18am House Mr. Coble moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
04/12/1999 House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 46.
04/12/1999 House Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-84.
03/24/1999 House Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/24/1999 House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/22/1999 House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property Discharged.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/19/1999 House Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
03/18/1999 House Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
03/18/1999 House Introduced in House

Cosponsors (1)

Cosponsor Date Cosponsored
Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26]* 03/18/1999

Committees (2)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Related Documents
House Judiciary 03/18/1999 Referred to
03/24/1999 Markup by
04/12/1999 Reported by H. Rept. 106-84
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property 03/19/1999 Referred to
03/22/1999 Discharged from
Senate Judiciary 04/14/1999 Referred to

Related Bills (1)

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Subjects (8)


Latest Summary (2)

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Passed House amended (04/13/1999)

Makes technical corrections to Federal copyright law with respect to provisions under: (1) the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; and (2) the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act. Amends related: (1) Federal judicial code provisions; and (2) Federal law provisions concerning government organization and employees.

Amends the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act to exclude from protection under such Act a design embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner in the United States or a foreign country more than two years (currently, one year) before the application for registration date.