Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress
§ 1701. National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress
Statutory text
The Librarian of Congress shall establish the National Recording Registry for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Recording Preservation Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106–474 title I § 101 · 114 Stat. 2085
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1701
(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2085.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2085.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 101. NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. The Librarian of Congress shall establish the National Recording Registry for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 106–474, § 1, , 114 Stat. 2085, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and chapter 1524 of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations] may be cited as the ‘National Recording Preservation Act of 2000’.”