[House Prints 115-13] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] G:\CMTE\RU\15\RCP\RCP1695.XML APRIL 19, 2017 . RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-13 TEXT OF H.R. 1695, REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS SELECTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 [Showing the text of H.R. 1695 as ordered reported by the Committee on the Judiciary.] 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This Act may be cited as the ''Register of Copyrights 3 Selection and Accountability Act of 2017''. 4 SEC. 2. REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. 5 (a) AMENDMENTS.--Section 701 of title 17, United 6 States Code, is amended-- 7 (1) in subsection (a)-- 8 (A) by striking ''(a) All administrative'' 9 and inserting the following: 10 ''(a) REGISTER AND DIRECTOR.-- 11 ''(1) IN GENERAL.--All administrative''; 12 (B) by striking ''director'' and inserting 13 ''Director''; 14 (C) by inserting after the first sentence the 15 following: ''The Register of Copyrights shall be 16 a citizen of the United States with a profes- 17 sional background and experience in copyright 18 law and shall be appointed by the President G:\VHLC\041917\041917.099.xml (657917|3) April 19, 2017 (1:43 p.m.) [TEXT NOT AVAILABLE]