(i) ways to ease the burden on persons 
requesting an exemption under section 
1201(a)(1)(C) of title 17, United States 
Code, as amended by paragraph (1); 
(ii) how the process for requesting 
and granting exemptions described in 
clause (i) can be used to foster security re-
search; and 
(iii) how the process for requesting 
and granting exemptions described in 
clause (i) can be expanded to enable the 
sale and dissemination of circumvention 
tools, as described in subsections (a)(2) 
and (b)(1) of section 1201 of title 17, 
United States Code, for the sole purposes 
of enabling circumventions with respect to 
the classes of copyrighted works that the 
Librarian has published under subpara-
graph (F) of subsection (a)(1) of such sec-
tion, as redesignated by paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) shall submit to Congress a report on 
the study conducted under subparagraph (A) 
that includes— 
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(i) proposed legislation to achieve the 
goals described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) a description of any obstacles to 
the expansion described in clause (iii) of 
subparagraph (A) and proposed legislation 
for achieving such an expansion. 
(b) REVERSE ENGINEERING.—Section 1201(f) of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for the sole 
purpose’’ and all that follows through ‘‘engaging in 
the circumvention’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 
the sole purpose of undertaking activities aimed at 
achieving interoperability of an independently cre-
ated computer program with other programs’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in order to 
enable’’ and all that follows through ‘‘achieve such 
interoperability’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 
the activities described under paragraph (1), or for 
the purpose of enabling interoperability of an inde-
pendently created computer program with other pro-
grams’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘if the per-
son’’ and all that follows through ‘‘other programs, 
and’’. 
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(c) ENCRYPTION RESEARCH.—Section 1201(g) of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘activities necessary to 
identify and analyze flaws’’ and inserting ‘‘ac-
tivities relating to the identification and anal-
ysis of flaws’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘to advance the state of 
knowledge in the field of encryption technology’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for research purposes’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘nec-
essary to conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘undertaken 
in the course of conducting’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking all 
that follows ‘‘infringement under this title’’ and 
inserting a period; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3); and 
(5) in paragraph (3)(B), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘with whom he or she is working collabo-
ratively’’. 
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