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B-202970 1 (1984-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadltz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OEC1IION K FILE: B-202970 MATTER CF DIGEST: TECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OP THE UNITED STATEN WAlHINOTON, O.C. 20040 DATE: July 5, 1984 Copyright Royalty Tribunal-- The Copyright Royalty Tribunal may return a certain sum of unobligated funds which it had transferred from copyright royalty fund accounts following their appropria- tion by Public Law 98-51. Under the Tribunal's appropriation legislation, the transferred funds were made available only for the reasonable costs incurred in pro- ceedings involving distribution of royalty fees as provided by 17 U.S.C. S 807. If the Tribunal did not make the return of funds it would result in their use for other purposes. Accordingly, the Tribunal should return to its royalty fund accounts the amount of the transferred funds which is not attributable to the expenses ot royalty fee distribution proceedings, and should fund the rest of itS activities from other appropriated tunas. This responds to a request by the Chairman of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal for our decision concerning the proper disposition of certain unobligatea funds transferred from royalty fund accounts in fiscal year 1984. As explained below, the Tribunal should return to its royalty fee accounts the amount of the transferred funds which is not needed to pay the direct and indirect expenses of royalty fee aistribution proceeaings incurred during fiscal year 1984. Background The Copyright Royalty Tribunal is an independent agency within the legislative branch, established in 1976 by the enactment of title I of Public Law 94-553 (codified at 17 U.S.C. SS 801-810). Among other statutorily assigned functions, the Tribunal makes determinations concerning copyright royalty rates for phonorecords, coin-operated phonorecord players, non-commercial broadcasting, and cable television. The Tribunal conducts rate adjustment proceed- ings in order to make its rate aeterminations. IM:

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