a participant that is, or that is an au-
thorized representative of, a licensor. 
‘‘(VI) 
STATEMENT
OF
THE 
CASE.—The term ‘statement of the 
case’ means a short and plain state-
ment that— 
‘‘(aa) identifies all partici-
pants and licensors or licensees 
on whose behalf the statement is 
being submitted; 
‘‘(bb) states the proposed 
rate or rates and terms of the 
participants for each right at 
issue in the proceeding and sets 
forth in detail the basis of each 
such proposed rate and term; 
‘‘(cc) identifies each witness 
that the participant intends to 
call in support of its rate and 
terms proposal and summarizes 
the anticipated testimony of each 
witness; and 
‘‘(dd) includes any reports, 
including expert reports, and any 
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documents upon which the par-
ticipant relies.’’. 
(c) TIMING OF DETERMINATION.—Section 803(c)(1) 
of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (b)(6)(C)(x)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(C)(x) or (D)(v) of subsection (b)(6) (as the case may 
be)’’. 
(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 803(d)(3) of title 
17, United States Code, is amended by striking the first 
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Conclusions of law, 
and determinations of rates in which the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges are required to apply the facts of record to 
the objectives set forth in section 801(b) shall be subject 
to de novo review. Findings of fact by the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges shall be subject to review for clear error. All 
other actions by the Copyright Royalty Judges shall be 
subject to review for abuse of discretion.’’. 
SEC. 7. GLOBAL MUSIC RIGHTS DATABASE. 
For purposes of facilitating compensation to artists 
of musical works and combating copyright infringement, 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Librarian of Congress, in consultation with 
the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinate and the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall submit 
to Congress a report that provides a set of recommenda-
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tions about how the Federal Government can facilitate, 
and possibly establish, a global music registry that is 
sustainably financed and consistent with World Intellec-
tual Property Organization obligations. Such registry 
should, to the extent practicable, include all known or 
copyrighted musical works, the writers of the work, the 
owners of the rights, the entity on behalf of those owners 
who can license such rights on a territory-by-territory 
basis, and all known sound recording data. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITIONAL RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
any proceeding that is pending on, or that begins on or 
after the date of enactment. The Copyright Royalty 
Judges in office as of the date of enactment shall have 
only such continuing authority as is provided in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which not less than 2 Copyright Royalty Judges 
are appointed and confirmed pursuant to section 2, the 
Copyright Royalty Judges shall propose regulations imple-
menting the amendments set forth in section 6(b), by no-
tice in the Federal Register, providing 30 days for com-
ments and 15 days for reply comments. Not later than 
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45 days after the date on which the 15-day period for 
reply comments ends, the Copyright Royalty Judges shall 
promulgate final regulations. 
(c) APPLICABILITY TO PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH THE HEARING ON 
THE MERITS HAS CONCLUDED.—The Copyright Roy-
alty Judges sitting on the date of enactment shall 
have authority to decide any pending proceeding in 
which the hearing on the merits has concluded, 
under the standards, procedures, and regulations in 
effect prior to the enactment of this Act. This au-
thority shall include the authority to decide any mo-
tion for rehearing under section 803(c)(2) of title 
17, United States Code, in any such proceeding. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH THE HEARING ON 
THE
MERITS
HAS
COMMENCED
BUT
NOT
CON-
CLUDED.—The Copyright Royalty Judges sitting on 
the date of enactment shall have authority to decide 
any pending proceeding in which the hearing on the 
merits has commenced but not concluded, under the 
standards, procedures, and regulations in effect 
prior to the enactment of this Act, except that this 
authority may only be exercised with the consent of 
all participants in any proceeding to determine 
terms and rates of royalty payments under section 
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112 or 114 of title 17, United States Code. This au-
thority shall include the authority to decide any mo-
tion for rehearing under section 803(c)(2) of title 
17, United States Code, in any such proceeding. 
(3) ALL OTHER PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—The 
Copyright Royalty Judges appointed pursuant to 
section 2 shall assume authority over any pending 
proceeding in which the hearing on the merits has 
not commenced. The Copyright Royalty Judges shall 
recommence any pending proceeding to determine 
terms and rates of royalty payments under section 
112 or 114 of title 17, United States Code, under 
the procedures, standards and regulations set forth 
in this Act, and the requirement set forth in section 
803(c)(1) of title 17, United States Code, that the 
proceeding be concluded no later than 15 days be-
fore the expiration of the then current statutory 
rates and terms, shall not apply. The Copyright 
Royalty Judges shall set a reasonable schedule for 
the continuation of any pending proceeding other 
than a proceeding to determine the terms and rates 
of royalty payments under section 112 or 114 of 
title 17, United States Code. 
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