17 USC § 1511 - Funding

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title: "17 USC § 1511 - Funding"
title_number: 17
title_name: "COPYRIGHTS"
section_number: "1511"
section_name: "Funding"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT SMALL CLAIMS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2199.)"
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# § 1511. Funding

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay the costs incurred by the Copyright Office under this chapter that are not covered by fees collected for services rendered under this chapter, including the costs of establishing and maintaining the Copyright Claims Board and its facilities.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. Q, title II, § 212(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2199.)