This report accompanies H.R. 897, the Copyright Reform Act of 1993. The bill, intended to amend title 17, United States Code, to modify certain recordation and registration requirements, to establish copyright arbitration royalty panels to replace the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and for other purposes, is favorably reported by the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments. The text of the amendments is included. Other sections of the report include an explanation of the amendment; purpose of the legislation; a history of the committee action and vote of the legislation; the hearings on the bill; the legislative history of the bill; section-by-section analysis of the bill; committee oversight findings; Committee on Government Operations oversight findings; new budget authority and tax expenditures; inflationary impact statement; Congressional Budget Office cost estimate; and changes in the existing law made by the bill. The text of H.R. 897 is appended to the report. (JLB)