1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act . 2. Establishment and organization of the United States Copyright Office (a) Establishment and organization Section 701 of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 701. United States Copyright Office; organization, powers, and duties (a) Establishment The United States Copyright Office is established as an agency in the legislative branch. (b) Director and deputy director (1) Director (A) Appointment The powers and duties of the United States Copyright Office shall be vested in a Director of the United States Copyright Office, who shall be a citizen of the United States and shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall make the appointment after receiving the recommendations of the commission established under subparagraph (B). (B) Commission to recommend individuals (i) Establishment There is established a commission to recommend individuals to the President for appointment to the office of Director (in this subsection referred to as the commission ). The commission shall recommend at least three individuals for appointment to such office. The commission shall be composed of— (I) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (II) the President pro tempore of the Senate; (III) the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and (IV) the chairmen and the ranking minority members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (ii) Timing of recommendations The commission shall make its recommendations to the President for Director— (I) in the case of the first Director appointed under this paragraph, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act