17 U.S.C. § 105 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 17. Copyrights § 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works

(1)Secretary of Defense authority.--With respect to a covered author who produces a covered work in the course of employment at a covered institution described in subparagraphs (A) through (L) of subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense may direct the covered author to provide the Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, perform, or display such covered work for purposes of the United States Government.

(2)Director of National Intelligence authority.--With respect to a covered author who produces a covered work in the course of employment at the covered institution described in subsection (d)(2)(M),  1 the Director of National Intelligence may direct the covered author to provide the Federal Government with an irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide, nonexclusive license to reproduce, distribute, perform, or display such covered work for purposes of the United States Government.

(1) The term “covered author” means a civilian member of the faculty of a covered institution.

(2) The term “covered institution” means the following:

(3) The term “covered Secretary” means--

(4) The term “covered work” means a literary work produced by a covered author in the course of employment at a covered institution for publication by a scholarly press or journal.