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House Bill 7228
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act
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Introduced in House on Feb 5, 2024
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H. R. 7228 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7228


To amend title 17, United States Code, to expand the copyright protection provided to architectural works to golf courses, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 5, 2024

Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To amend title 17, United States Code, to expand the copyright protection provided to architectural works to golf courses, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act” or the “BIRDIE Act”.

SEC. 2. Expansion of copyright protection provided to architectural works to golf courses.

(a) Design of golf courses.—Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended in the matter related to the definition of “architectural work”—

(1) by striking “drawings.” and inserting “drawings, and the design of a course on which golf is played (except for any course on which mini golf, or other similar game, is played) as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including an architectural plan or drawing”; and

(2) by striking “features.” and inserting “features. In the case of a course on which golf is played, the work also includes any of the following that is part of the course:

“(1) Landscaping.

“(2) An irrigation system.

“(3) A path.

“(4) A golf green.

“(5) A tee.

“(6) A facility in which golf is practiced.

“(7) A bunker.

“(8) A lake.

“(9) A topographic feature.”.

(b) Application.—This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to—

(1) a work created on or after December 1, 1990; and

(2) a work that was unconstructed and embodied in unpublished plans or drawings on December 1, 1990.