Sec. 6. Transfer of administrative functions
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Until such time as the first Director of the United States Copyright Office is appointed under section 701 of title 17, United States Code, as amended by section 2(a) of this Act, the Librarian of Congress shall continue to perform, on and after the effective date of this Act, any administrative functions the Librarian performs, on the day before such effective date, for or to the benefit of the Copyright Office (including the Copyright Royalty Judges). On the date on which the first Director of the United States Copyright Office is appointed under section 701 of title 17, United States Code, the administrative functions described in subparagraph
(A)shall be transferred to the Director. The Librarian of Congress shall ensure the full cooperation of the Library of Congress with the Director and facilitate access to any records or other information the Director requests for purposes of carrying out the transfer of administrative functions to the Director. Subject to the availability of funds, the Administrator of the General Services Administration may acquire real property by lease for the use of the United States Copyright Office in the District of Columbia. No obligation entered into pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be in advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations. Not later than 18 months after the date of the appointment of the first Director under section 701 of title 17, United States Code, the Director shall submit to Congress the following: A status report regarding the transfer of administrative functions under this section and modernization objectives of the Copyright Office, including improvements to staffing, fee schedules, technology, and services. Recommendations for additional amendments to title 17, United States Code, that are necessary by reason of the enactment of this Act or to assist the Copyright Office in its modernization efforts. Such other recommendations that the Director considers appropriate. For purposes of this section, the term administrative functions includes, but is not limited to, any operational support, information technology, physical space, and any other support services that the Library of Congress was providing to the Copyright Office as of the day before the effective date of this Act.