§ 179q. Seal of National Film Registry

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. 1996

   National Film Preservation Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–285 title I § 107 · 110 Stat. 3377

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 179q

   Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 107, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3381

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 107, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3381

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 107. SEAL OF THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY. (a) Use of the Seal.— (1) Prohibition on distribution and exhibition.— No person shall knowingly distribute or exhibit to the public a version of a film or any copy of a film which bears the seal described in section 103(a)(3) if such film— (A) is not included in the National Film Registry; or (B) is included in the National Film Registry, but such film or film copy has not been approved for use of the seal by the Librarian pursuant to section 103(a)(l)(D). (2) Prohibition on promotion.— No person shall knowingly use the seal described in section 103(a)(3) to promote any version of a film or film copy other than a Registry version, (b) Effective Date of the Seal.—The use of the seal described in section 103(a)(3) shall be effective for each film after the Librarian publishes in the Federal Register, in accordance with section 103(a)(2), the name of that film as selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry.

2. 2005

   National Film Preservation Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–9 § 302(d)(1) · 119 Stat. 218

   Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 179q(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(1), inserted “in any format” after “or any copy” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(1), inserted “in any format” after “or any copy” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “in any format” after “or any copy”; and

3. 2005

   National Film Preservation Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–9 § 302(d)(2) · 119 Stat. 218

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 179q(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(2), substituted “in any format” for “or film copy”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–9, § 302(d)(2), substituted “in any format” for “or film copy”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in paragraph (2), by striking “or film copy” and inserting “in any format”.

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