Circuit calling the court’s ruling an “extraordinary step”. And in the appellate court’s view, all of those factors weigh in favor of Perlmutter. “Nor, for that matter, does the panel anywhere acknowledge the potentially momentous implications of its view that the entire federal copyright system is administered by an officer of the Legislative Branch,” said the petition. The petition said:“The FVRA authorizes the President to appoint acting officials in an ‘Executive agency,’ 5 U.S.C. The Library of Congress website describes itself as “the main research arm of the U.S. congress” and “an agency of the legislative branch of the U.S. government.”