A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office, and for other purposes.
PL 97-366 (H.R.4441), enacted 10/25/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-366—OCT. 25, 1982 
96 STAT. 1759 
Public Law 97-366 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To-amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the fees of the Copyright 
Office, and for other purposes. 
Oct. 25, 1982 
[H.R. 4441] 
Copyright Office 
fees, 
amendment. 
Effective date. 
17 u s e 708 note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. Section 708 of chapter 7 of title 17 of the United States 
Code is amended— 
(1) by striking out subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) 
in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) on filing each application for registration of a copyright 
claim or a supplementary registration under section 408, includ-
ing the issuance of a certificate of registration if registration is 
made, $10; 
"(2) on filing each application for registration of a claim to 
renewal of a subsisting copyright in its first term under section 
304(a), including the issuance of a certificate of registration if 
registration is made, $6;" and 
(2) in paragraph (c), by striking out everjrthing in the last 
sentence following the word "section" the first time it appears 
therein and inserting a period in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its enactment 
and shall apply to claims to original, supplementary, and renewal 
copyright received for registration in the Copyright Office on or 
after the effective date. Claims to original, supplementary, and 
renewal copyright received for registration in acceptable form in the 
Copyright Office before the effective date shall be governed by 
the provisions of section 708(a) (1) and (2) in effect prior to this 17 use 708. 
enactment. 
SEC. 3. That section 110 of title 17 of the United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(10) notwithstanding paragraph 4 above, the following is not 
an infringement of copyright: performance of a nondramatic 
literary or musical work in the course of a social function which 
is organized and promoted by a nonprofit veterans' organization 
or a nonprofit fraternal organization to which the general 
public is not invited, but not including the invitees of the 
organizations, if the proceeds from the performance, after de-
ducting the reasonable costs of producing the performance, are 
used exclusively for charitable purposes and not for financial 
gain. For purposes of this section the social functions of any 
college or university fraternity or sorority shall not be included 
unless the social function is held solely to raise funds for a 
specific charitable purpose.". 
96 STAT. 1760 
PUBLIC LAW 97-366—OCT. 25, 1982 
SEC. 4. Title 35, United States Code, section 3 is amended by 
adding the following new subsection: 
Compensation. 
"(d) The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks shall be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and shall receive compensation at 
the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.". 
Approved October 25, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4441: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-494 (Comm. on the Judiciary) and 
No. 97-930 (Ck)mm. of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
May 10, considered and passed House. 
June 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 1, Senate and House agreed to conference report.