[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR253.10]

[Page 641]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 253_USE OF CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 253.10  Cost of living adjustment.

    (a) (a) On December 1, 2003, the Librarian of Congress shall publish 
in the Federal Register a notice of the change in the cost of living as 
determined by the Consumer Price Index (all consumers, all items) during 
the period from the most recent Index published prior to December 1, 
2002, to the most recent Index published prior to December 1, 2003. On 
each December 1 thereafter the Librarian of Congress shall publish a 
notice of the change in the cost of living during the period from the 
most recent index published prior to the previous notice, to the most 
recent Index published prior to December 1, of that year.
    (b) On the same date of the notices published pursuant to paragraph 
(a) of this section, the Librarian of Congress shall publish in the 
Federal Register a revised schedule of rates for Sec. 253.5 which shall 
adjust those royalty amounts established in dollar amounts according to 
the change in the cost of living determined as provided in paragraph (a) 
of this section. Such royalty rates shall be fixed at the nearest 
dollar.
    (c) The adjusted schedule of rates for Sec. 253.5 shall become 
effective thirty days after publication in the Federal Register.

[57 FR 60954, Dec. 22, 1992. Redesignated and amended at 59 FR 23993, 
May 9, 1994; 59 FR 63042, Dec. 7, 1994; 63 FR 2145, Jan. 14, 1998; 67 FR 
77173, Dec. 17, 2002]