Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 5 — Library of Congress
§ 179p. National Film Registry Collection of Library of Congress
Statutory text
Acquisition of archival quality copies
The Librarian shall endeavor to obtain, by gift from the owner, an archival quality copy of the Registry version of each film included in the National Film Registry. Whenever possible, the Librarian shall endeavor to obtain the best surviving materials, including preprint materials. Copyright owners and others possessing copies of such materials are strongly encouraged, to further the preservation purposes of this Act, to provide preprint and other archival elements to the Library of Congress.
Additional materials
The Librarian shall endeavor to obtain, for educational and research purposes, additional materials related to each film included in the National Film Registry, such as background materials, production reports, shooting scripts (including continuity scripts) and other similar materials.
Property of United States
All copies of films on the National Film Registry that are received as gifts or bequests by the Librarian and other materials received by the Librarian under subsection (b), shall become the property of the United States Government, subject to the provisions of title 17.
National Film Registry Collection
All copies of films on the National Film Registry that are received by the Librarian under subsection (a) of this section, and other materials received by the Librarian under subsection (b), shall be maintained in the Library of Congress and be known as the “National Film Registry Collection of the Library of Congress”. The Librarian shall, by regulation, and in accordance with title 17, provide for reasonable access to the films and other materials in such collection for scholarly and research purposes.
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
The Librarian shall utilize the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress at Culpeper, Virginia, to ensure that preserved films included in the National Film Registry are stored in a proper manner, and disseminated to researchers, scholars, and the public as may be appropriate in accordance with—
title 17; and
the terms of any agreements between the Librarian and persons who hold copyrights to such audiovisual works.
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.
Pub. L. 104–285 title I § 106 · 110 Stat. 3377
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 179p
Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 106, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3380
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 106, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3380National Film Preservation Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–9 title III § 302(c) · 119 Stat. 218
Added · 2 U.S.C. § 179p(e)
Pub. L. 109–9 added subsec. (e)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–9 added subsec. (e).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) National Film Registry.— Section 106 of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179p) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.— The Librarian shall utilize the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress at Culpeper, Virginia, to ensure that preserved films included in the National Film Registry are stored in a proper manner, and disseminated to researchers, scholars, and the public as may be appropriate in accordance with— “(1) title 17, United States Code; and “(2) the terms of any agreements between the Librarian and persons who hold copyrights to such audiovisual works.” .
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 104–285, , 110 Stat. 3377, which enacted this section and sections 179l to 179o and 179q to 179w of this title and sections 5701 to 5708 of former Title 36, Patriotic Societies and Observances, repealed sections 179 to 179k of this title, enacted provisions set out as a note under section 179l of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under section 179 of this title. Sections 5701 to 5708 of former Title 36 were repealed and reenacted as chapter 1517 (§ 151701 et seq.) of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations, by Pub. L. 105–225, § 5(b), , 112 Stat. 1499, the first section of which enacted Title 36. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
2005—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–9 added subsec. (e).
Credits
1996–2005 · 2 acts
- 1996Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 106, , 110 Stat. 3380
- 2005Pub. L. 109–9, title III, § 302(c), , 119 Stat. 225.
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(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 106, , 110 Stat. 3380; Pub. L. 109–9, title III, § 302(c), , 119 Stat. 225.)