In the Senate of the United States,
July 30, 1996.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3754) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
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SENATE
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority
Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority
and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $56,000.
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;
in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions,
$74,615,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,195,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$1,156,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $996,000 for each such
committee; in all, $1,992,000.
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OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $384,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such com-
mittee, in all, $1,930,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $234,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $12,714,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$34,037,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,135,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,447,000.
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OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $936,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
$3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,
$12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of
Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec-
tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,
agreed to March 11, 1980, $69,561,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $305,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,511,000.
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SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $65,931,000.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $6,791,000.
SENATOR’S OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $208,000,000.
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,
for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in
all, $13,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $10,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1998.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Section 195(a) of chapter IX of title I of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law
99–88; 2 U.S.C. 61g–7(a)) is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or with respect to the admin-
istration of the affairs of the committee.’’.
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made on or after such date for local and long distance tele-
communications service.
SEC. 5. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of
the Senate may directly, or through the General Services
Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educa-
tionally useful equipment to a public school. Any such
transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the
public school and the Senate.
(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provi-
sions of this section.
(c) Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of trans-
fer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment
under this section, shall be deposited in the United States
Treasury for credit to the account for the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate’’ within the contingent fund
of the Senate.
(d) For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘public school’’ means a public ele-
mentary or secondary school as such terms are de-
fined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
(2) The term ‘‘educationally useful equipment’’
means computers and related peripheral tools, includ-
ing printers, modems, routers, servers, computer key-
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boards, scanners, and other telecommunications and
research equipment, that are appropriate for use in
public school education.
(e) This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal
year 1997 and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 6. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31,
United States Code, the Secretary of the Senate may reim-
burse any individual employed by the Senate day care cen-
ter for the cost of training classes and conferences in connec-
tion with the provision of child care services and for travel,
transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in con-
nection with the training classes and conferences.
(b) The Senate day care center shall certify and pro-
vide appropriate documentation to the Secretary of the Sen-
ate with respect to any reimbursement under this section.
Reimbursements under this section shall be made from the
appropriations account ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’
within the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Senate.
(c) Reimbursements under this section shall be subject
to the regulations and limitations prescribed by the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate for travel
and related expenses for which payment is authorized to
be made from the contingent fund of the Senate.
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(d) This section shall be effective on and after October
1, 1996.
SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds received during fiscal year 1996 by the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in settlement of a
contract claim or dispute, but not to exceed $1,450,000,
shall be deposited into the appropriation account for fiscal
year 1997 for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate within the contingent fund of the Senate and shall
be available in a like manner and for the same purposes
as are the other funds in that account.
SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Senate, with the over-
sight and approval of the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate, shall oversee the development and
implementation of a comprehensive Senate legislative infor-
mation system.
(b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the
Senate shall consult and work with officers and employees
of the House of Representatives. Legislative branch agencies
and departments and agencies of the executive branch shall
provide cooperation, consultation, and assistance as re-
quested by the Secretary of the Senate to carry out this sec-
tion.
(c) Any funds that were appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Secretary of the Senate’’ for expenses of the Office of
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the Secretary of the Senate by the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1995, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines are not
needed for development of a financial management system
for the Senate may, with the approval of the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate, be used to carry out the
provisions of this section, and such funds shall be available
through September 30, 2000.
(d) The Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate may prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years begin-
ning on or after October 1, 1996.
SEC. 9. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE.—
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Financial Clerk of the
Senate is authorized to accept from an individual
whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of Senate a
payment representing pay for any period of
unaccrued annual leave used by that individual, as
certified by the head of the employing office of the in-
dividual making the payment.
(b) WITHHOLDING.—The Financial Clerk of the
Senate is authorized to withhold the amount referred
to in subsection (a) from any amount which is dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate and which is
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due to or on behalf of the individual described in sub-
section (a).
(c) DEPOSIT.—Any payment accepted under this
section shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the
term ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any per-
son with the final authority to appoint, hire, dis-
charge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges of
the employment of an individual whose pay is dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to
fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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For construction of platform and seating stands and
for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere-
monies of the President and Vice President of the United
States, January 20, 1997, in accordance with such program
as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by
Senate Concurrent Resolution 47, One Hundred Fourth
Congress, agreed to March 20, 1996, and Senate Concurrent
Resolution 48, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to
March 20, 1996, $950,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate and to remain available until September 30,
1997. Such funds shall be available for payment, on a direct
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or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after,
October 1, 1996: Provided, That the compensation of any
employee of the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate who has been designated to perform service
for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Cere-
monies shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules
and Administration, but the account from which such staff
member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the
staff member (including agency contributions when appro-
priate) out of funds made available under this heading.
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$750,000
Ω4æPage 9, line 12, strike out ø$68,392,000¿ and insert:
$70,132,000
Ω5æPage 9, line 12, strike out ø$32,927,000¿ and insert:
$34,213,000
Ω6æPage 9, line 15, strike out ø$35,465,000¿ and insert:
$35,919,000
Ω7æPage 10, line 15, strike out ø$2,685,000¿ and insert:
$2,880,000
Ω8æPage 12, line 25, strike out ø$24,288,000¿ and insert:
$24,775,000
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Ω9æPage 15, line 3, strike out ø$23,255,000¿ and insert:
$23,555,000
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SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $39,640,000, of which
$3,200,000 shall remain available until expended.
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sert: $216,007,000
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vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$928,800 shall be for the operation and maintenance of the
American Folklife Center in the Library
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cluding line 10 on page 24
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SEC. 210. Section 8 of the American Folklife Preserva-
tion Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center
to carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.
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$10,453,000
Ω16æPage 26, line 21, strike out ø$560,000¿ and insert:
$1,910,000
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ing line 14 on page 40
Ω18æPage 40, after line 14 insert:
SEC. 312. (a) Section 203(a)(3) of Public Law 104–
1 (2 U.S.C. 1313(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and in
subsection (c)(4)’’ after ‘‘(c)(3)’’.
(b) Section 203(c) of Public Law 104–1 (2 U.S.C.
1313(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following
paragraph:
‘‘(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT.—Law enforcement
personnel of the Capitol Police who are subject to the
exemption under section 7(k) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) may elect
to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime
compensation for hours worked in excess of the maxi-
mum for their work period.’’.
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Ω19æPage 40, after line 14 insert:
SEC. 313. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1997’’.
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SEC. 314. The Government Printing Office shall be
considered an agency for the purposes of the election in sec-
tion 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the head
of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such
section.
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SEC. 315. (a) Upon enactment into law of this Act,
the Library of Congress, under the direction of the Commit-
tee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
and in consultation with the heads of the appropriate offices
and agencies of the legislative branch, shall develop a pro-
gram for providing the widest possible exchange of informa-
tion among legislative branch agencies with the long range
goal of improving technology planning, evaluation, develop-
ment, and management among legislative branch organiza-
tions. The plan for this program shall be subject to joint
approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin-
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istration of the Senate, and, upon approval, shall be com-
municated to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. All of the appropriate offices and agen-
cies of the legislative branch as defined below shall partici-
pate in this program for information exchange, and shall
report annually on the extent and nature of their participa-
tion in their budget submissions to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(b) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla-
tive branch’’ means, the office of the Clerk of the
House, the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the of-
fice of the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac-
counting Office, the Government Printing Office, the
Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Serv-
ice, the Congressional Budget Office, the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and
the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and
(2) the term ‘‘technology’’ refers to any form of
computer hardware and software; computer-based sys-
tems, services, and support for the creation, process-
ing, exchange, and delivery of information; and tele-
communications systems, and the associated hardware
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and software, that provide for voice, data, or image
communication.
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PROHIBITIONS AGAINST POLITICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
SEC. 316. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3303 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Sen-
ators or Representatives
‘‘An individual concerned in examining an applicant
for or appointing him in the competitive service may not
receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by
a Senator or Representative, except as to the character or
residence of the applicant.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1)
The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section
3303 to read as follows:
‘‘3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives.’’.
(2) Section 2302(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or
statement, oral or written, with respect to any indi-
vidual who requests or is under consideration for any
personnel action unless such recommendation or state-
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ment is based on the personal knowledge or records of
the person furnishing it and consists of—
‘‘(A) an evaluation of the work performance,
ability, aptitude, or general qualifications of
such individual; or
‘‘(B) an evaluation of the character, loyalty,
or suitability of such individual;’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 317. (a) The Congressional Research Service, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the heads
of the appropriate offices and agencies of the legislative
branch and with the approval of the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate, shall coordinate the de-
velopment of an electronic congressional legislative informa-
tion and document retrieval system to provide for the legis-
lative information needs of the Senate through the exchange
and retrieval of information and documents among legisla-
tive branch offices and agencies. The Secretary of the Sen-
ate, with the oversight and approval of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, shall have respon-
sibility for the implementation of this system in the Senate.
All of the appropriate offices and agencies of the legislative
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branch shall participate in the implementation of the sys-
tem.
(b) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘legislative information’’ refers to
that information and those documents produced for
the use of the Congress by the offices and agencies of
the legislative branch as defined in this section, and
such other information and documents as approved
by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate;
(2) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla-
tive branch’’ means the Office of the Secretary of the
Senate, the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the General
Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office,
the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and
(3) the term ‘‘retrieval system’’ means the index-
ing of documents and data, as well as integrating,
searching, linking, and displaying documents and
data.
(c) The Library of Congress shall—
(1) assist the Congressional Research Service in
supporting the Senate in carrying out this section;
and
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(2) provide such technical staff and resources as
may be necessary to carry out this section.
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SEC. 318. (a) Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting
‘‘2 years’’.
(b) Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4)(A) of section
207(e) of title 18, United States Code, are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘within 1 year after’’ and inserting ‘‘within 5 years
after’’.
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SEC. 319. LIMITATION ON EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS FOR
LITERARY WORKS IN SPECIALIZED FORMAT
FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended by adding after section 120 the following
new section:
‘‘§ 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction
for blind or other people with disabilities
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106
and 710, it is not an infringement of copyright for an au-
thorized entity to reproduce or to distribute copies or
phonorecords of a previously published, nondramatic lit-
erary work if such copies or phonorecords are reproduced
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or distributed in specialized formats exclusively for use by
blind or other persons with disabilities.
‘‘(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section
applies shall—
‘‘(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a for-
mat other than a specialized format exclusively for
use by blind or other persons with disabilities;
‘‘(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction
or distribution in a format other than a specialized
format is an infringement; and
‘‘(C) include a copyright notice identifying the
copyright owner and the date of the original publica-
tion.
‘‘(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply
to standardized, secure, or norm-referenced tests and related
testing material, or to computer programs, except the por-
tions thereof that are in conventional human language (in-
cluding descriptions of pictorial works) and displayed to
users in the ordinary course of using the computer pro-
grams.
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term—
‘‘(1) ‘authorized entity’ means a nonprofit orga-
nization or a governmental agency that has a pri-
mary mission to provide specialized services relating
to training, education, or adaptive reading or infor-
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mation access needs of blind or other persons with
disabilities;
‘‘(2) ‘blind or other persons with disabilities’
means individuals who are eligible or who may qual-
ify in accordance with the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
provide books for the adult blind’’, approved March 3,
1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books
and other publications produced in specialized for-
mats; and
‘‘(3) ‘specialized formats’ means braille, audio,
or digital text which is exclusively for use by blind
or other persons with disabilities.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The
table of sections for chapter 1 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 120 the following:
‘‘121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with
disabilities.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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