H.R. 1695—Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 1695 - Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 3:00pm H-312, The Capitol View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 5:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 115-13PDFXML
Showing the text of H.R. 1695 as ordered reported by the Committee on the Judiciary
Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 (as reported)
H. Rept. 115-91PDF
Report from the Committee on the Judiciary
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 115-95PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 275:
Agreed to by record vote of 234-191,after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 237-186, on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
MANAGERS: Collins/Polis
1. Structured rule for H.R. 1695.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Makes in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-13 and provides that it shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Section 2 of the rule provides that H. Res. 254 shall be laid on the table.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Version 1 | Chu (CA) | Democrat | Specifies that nothing in the bill shall impact the mandatory deposit requirements of title 17. | Made In Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | Deutch (FL) | Democrat | Late Requires the Register of Copyrights to be capable of identifying and supervising a Chief Information Officer or similar official responsible for managing information technology systems. | Made In Order |
| 1 | Version 2 | Lofgren (CA), Brady, Robert (PA), Butterfield (NC), Doyle (PA), Cummings (MD), DeGette (CO) | Democrat | Revised Ensures that the Librarian of Congress would remain responsible for filling just the current Register of Copyrights vacancy. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 47
Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #1, offered by Rep. Lofgren (CA) and Rep. DeGette (CO) and Rep. Doyle (PA) and Rep. Brady (PA) and Rep. Butterfield (NC) and Rep. Cummings (MD), which ensures that the Librarian of Congress would remain responsible for filing just the current Register of Copyrights vacancy. Defeated: 3-8
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 48
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3