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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress

§ 1712. Promoting accessibility and public awareness of sound recordings

Statutory text

The Librarian shall carry out activities to make sound recordings included in the National Recording Registry more broadly accessible for research and educational purposes and to generate public awareness and support of the Registry and the comprehensive national sound recording preservation program established under this subchapter.

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.

  1. National Recording Preservation Act of 2000

    Pub. L. 106–474 title I § 112 · 114 Stat. 2085

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1712

    (Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 112, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 112, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 112. PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SOUND RECORDINGS. The Librarian shall carry out activities to make sound recordings included in the National Recording Registry more broadly accessible for research and educational purposes and to generate public awareness and support of the Registry and the comprehensive national sound recording preservation program established under this subtitle.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 112, , 114 Stat. 2088.)

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USLM identifier /us/usc/t2/s1712