§ 179w. Effective date

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 § 113 · 110 Stat. 3377

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 179w

   Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 113, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3382

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 113, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3382

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 113. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions of this title shall be effective for 7 years beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. The provisions of this title shall apply to any copy of any film, including those copies of films selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry under the National Film Preservation Act of 1988 and the National Film Preservation Act of 1992, except that any film so selected under either Act shall be deemed to have been selected for the National Film Registry under this title.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 110–336 effective as if included in the enactment of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–285, title I, see section 3(a)(1)(C) of Pub. L. 110–336, set out as a note under section 179v of this title.

2. 2005

   National Film Preservation Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–9 title III § 302(e) · 119 Stat. 218

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 179w

   Pub. L. 109–9 substituted “13 years” for “7 years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–9 substituted “13 years” for “7 years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (e) Effective Date.— Section 113 of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179w) is amended by striking “7” and inserting “13”.

3. 2008

   Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–336 § 3(a)(1)(B) · 122 Stat. 3726

   Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 179w

   Pub. L. 110–336 struck out the first sentence which read as follows: “The provisions of sections 179l to 179w of this title shall be effective for 13 years beginning on October 11, 1996.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 110–336 struck out the first sentence which read as follows: “The provisions of sections 179l to 179w of this title shall be effective for 13 years beginning on October 11, 1996.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) Conforming amendment.— Section 113 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 179w) is amended by striking the first sentence.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 110–336 effective as if included in the enactment of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–285, title I, see section 3(a)(1)(C) of Pub. L. 110–336, set out as a note under section 179v of this title.

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