{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-203.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 203.2","heading":"Authority and functions.","body":"The administration of the copyright law was entrusted to the Library of Congress by an act of Congress in 1870, and the Copyright Office has been a separate department of the Library since 1897. The statutory functions of the Copyright Office are contained in and carried out in accordance with the Copyright Act.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER II—U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","SUBCHAPTER A—COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES","PART 203—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"c9b12bc335aa22440ab7fe691034149afe8e80ad8958a7d597edc7b9a0bc912b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-203.1","next":"us/37-cfr-203.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}