(3) in paragraph (2)(B), in the last sentence, 
by striking ‘‘negotiated under’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
scribed in’’. 
(c) PHONORECORDS
OF NONDRAMATIC MUSICAL 
WORKS.—Section 115(c)(3) of title 17, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graphs (B) through (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘this sub-
paragraph and subparagraphs (C) through (E)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), in the third sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘in subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’ after 
‘‘described’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (E), in clauses (i) and 
(ii)(I), by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(C) and (D)’’. 
(d) NONCOMMERCIAL BROADCASTING.—Section 118 
of title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘copyright 
owners in works’’ and inserting ‘‘owners of copyright 
in works’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘established by’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘engage’’ and inserting ‘‘established by 
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the Copyright Royalty Judges under subsection 
(b)(4), engage’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(f)’’. 
(e) SATELLITE CARRIERS.—Section 119 of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘If 
the Copyright Royalty Judges determine that 
no such controversy exists, the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges shall authorize the Librarian of 
Congress to proceed to distribute such fees to 
the copyright owners entitled to receive them, 
or to their designated agents, subject to the de-
duction of reasonable administrative costs 
under this section.’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) WITHHOLDING
OF
FEES
DURING 
CONTROVERSY.—During the pendency of any 
proceeding under this subsection, the Copyright 
Royalty Judges shall have the discretion to au-
thorize the Librarian of Congress to proceed to 
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distribute any amounts that are not in con-
troversy.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(F)(i), in the last sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘arbitrary’’ and inserting ‘‘arbitra-
tion’’. 
(f) DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES.—Section 
1007 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘Copy-
right Royalty Judges’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘by 
the Librarian’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), in the last sentence, by 
striking ‘‘by the Librarian’’. 
(g) REMOVAL OF INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS.—The 
amendments contained in subsection (h) of section 5 of 
the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 
2004 shall be deemed never to have been enacted. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 6(b)(1) of the Copy-
right Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108–419) is amended by striking ‘‘commenced be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘commenced before the effective date provided in sub-
section (a)’’. 
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SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
be effective as if included in the Copyright Royalty and 
Distribution Reform Act of 2004. 
SEC. 5. PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ROYALTY FEES. 
Section 801(b)(3)(C) of title 17, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking all that precedes clause (i) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding section 804(b)(8), the 
Copyright Royalty Judges, at any time after the fil-
ing of claims under section 111, 119, or 1007, may, 
upon motion of one or more of the claimants and 
after publication in the Federal Register of a request 
for responses to the motion from interested claimants, 
make a partial distribution of such fees, if, based 
upon all responses received during the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of such publication, the Copy-
right Royalty Judges conclude that no claimant enti-
tled to receive such fees has stated a reasonable objec-
tion to the partial distribution, and all such claim-
ants—’’; and 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘such’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the’’. 
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