This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

53973 

Vol. 70, No. 176 

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 

1The ‘‘Phase I Parties’’ are the Program Suppliers, 

the Joint Sports Claimants, the Public Television 

Claimants, the National Association of 

Broadcasters, the American Society of Composers, 

Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., 

SESAC, Inc., the Canadian Claimants, the 

Devotional Claimants and National Public Radio. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–156518–04] 

RIN 1545–BE10 

Section 411(d)(6) Protected Benefits; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Correction to notice of proposed 

rulemaking and notice of public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

correction to a notice of proposed 

rulemaking and notice of public hearing 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on Friday, August 12, 2005 (70 

FR 47155) relating to the anti-cutback 

rules under section 411(d)(6) of the 

Internal Revenue Code. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela R. Kinard at (202) 622–6060 (not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The notice of proposed rulemaking 

and notice of public hearing (REG– 

156518–04) that is the subject of this 

correction is under section 411(d)(6) of 

the Internal Revenue Code. 

Need for Correction 

As published, REG–156518–04 

contains an error that may prove to be 

misleading and is in need of 

clarification. 

Correction of Publication 

Accordingly, the publication of the 

notice of proposed rulemaking and 

notice of public hearing (REG–156518– 

04), which was the subject of FR Doc 

05–15960, is corrected as follows: 

On page 47155, column 2, in the 

preamble, under the caption ADDRESSES, 

line 17, the language, ‘‘156581–04). The 

public hearing will be’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘156518–04). The public hearing 

will be.’’. 

Cynthia Grigsby, 

Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief 

Counsel (Procedure and Administration). 

[FR Doc. 05–17959 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

37 CFR Chapter III 

[Docket No. 2005–4 CRB CD 2003] 

Distribution of the 2003 Cable Royalty 

Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Interim Chief Copyright 

Royalty Judge, on behalf of the 

Copyright Royalty Board, is requesting 

comments on the existence of 

controversies to the distribution of the 

2003 cable royalty fund. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received no later than October 13, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: If hand delivered by a 

private party, an original and five copies 

of comments must be brought to Room 

LM–401 of the James Madison Memorial 

Building, Monday through Friday, 

between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., and the 

envelope must be addressed as follows: 

Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–401, 101 Independence 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. If delivered by a commercial 

courier (excluding overnight delivery 

services such as Federal Express, United 

Parcel Service and similar overnight 

delivery services), an original and five 

copies of comments must be delivered 

to the Congressional Courier Acceptance 

Site located at 2nd and D Streets, NE., 

Monday through Friday, between 8:30 

a.m. and 4 p.m., and the envelope must 

be addressed as follows: Copyright 

Royalty Board, Library of Congress, 

James Madison Memorial Building, LM– 

403, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. If sent by 

mail (including overnight delivery using 

United States Postal Service Express 

Mail), an original and five copies of 

comments must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 

70977, Southwest Station, Washington, 

DC 20024–0977. Comments may not be 

delivered by means of overnight 

delivery services such as Federal 

Express, United Parcel Service, etc., due 

to delays in processing receipt of such 

deliveries. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William J. Roberts, Jr., Senior Attorney, 

or Abioye E. Oyewole, CRB Program 

Specialist. Telephone (202) 707–8380. 

Telefax: (202) 252–3423. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems submit royalties to the 

Copyright Office under the section 111 

statutory license for the retransmission 

to their subscribers of over-the-air 

television and radio broadcast signals. 

These royalties are, in turn, distributed 

in one of two ways to copyright owners 

whose works were included in a 

retransmission and who timely filed a 

claim for royalties. The copyright 

owners may either negotiate the terms of 

a settlement as to the division of the 

royalty funds, or the Copyright Royalty 

Board (the ‘‘Board’’) may conduct a 

proceeding to determine the distribution 

of the royalties that remain in 

controversy. See 17 U.S.C. Chapter 8. 

By motion received on August 31, 

2005, representatives of the Phase I 

claimant categories (the ‘‘Phase I 

Parties’’)1 have asked the Board to 

authorize a partial distribution of 50% 

of the 2003 cable royalty funds prior to 

October 31, 2005. In addition, they 

request that the Board publish a notice 

in the Federal Register requesting 

comments as to the extent of 

controversies, either at Phase I or Phase 

II, that exist over the distribution of the 

2003 cable royalties. This Federal 

Register notice responds to these 

requests. 

Accordingly, the Board seeks 

comments on whether any controversy 

exists that would preclude the 

distribution of 50% of the 2003 cable 

royalty funds to the Phase I Parties. 

The Board also seeks comment on the 

existence and extent of any 

controversies to the 2003 cable royalty 

funds, either at Phase I or Phase II, with