§ 179n. — National Film Preservation Board.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC179n]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 179n. National Film Preservation Board
(a) Number and appointment
(1) Members
The Librarian shall establish in the Library of Congress a
National Film Preservation Board to be comprised of 20 members, who
shall be selected by the Librarian in accordance with this section.
Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (N), the Librarian shall request
each organization listed in subparagraphs (A) through (Q) to submit
a list of three candidates qualified to serve as a member of the
Board. Except for the members-at-large appointed under subparagraph
\1\ (2), the Librarian shall appoint one member from each such list
submitted by such organizations, and shall designate from that list
an alternate who may attend at Board expense those meetings to which
the individual appointed to the Board cannot attend. The
organizations are the following:
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(A) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
(B) The Directors Guild of America.
(C) The Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of
America East and the Writers Guild of America West shall each
nominate three candidates, and a representative from one
organization shall be selected as the member and a
representative from the other organization as the alternate.
(D) The National Society of Film Critics.
(E) The Society for Cinema Studies.
(F) The American Film Institute.
(G) The Department of Film and Television of the School of
Theater, Film and Television at the University of California,
Los Angeles.
(H) The Department of Film and Television of the Tisch
School of the Arts at New York University.
(I) The University Film and Video Association.
(J) The Motion Picture Association of America.
(K) The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
(L) The Screen Actors Guild of America.
(M) The National Association of Theater Owners.
(N) The American Society of Cinematographers and the
International Photographers Guild, which shall jointly submit
one list of three candidates from which a member and alternate
will be selected.
(O) The United States Members of the International
Federation of Film Archives.
(P) The Association of Moving Image Archivists.
(Q) The Society of Composers and Lyricists.
(2) Members-at-large
In addition to the members appointed under paragraph (1), the
Librarian shall appoint up to three members-at-large. The Librarian
shall also select an alternate for each member \2\ at-large, who may
attend at Board expense those meetings which the member \2\ at-large
cannot attend.
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(b) Chair
The Librarian shall appoint one member of the Board to serve as
Chair.
(c) Term of office
(1) Terms
The term of each member of the Board shall be 4 years, except
that there shall be no limit to the number of terms that any
individual member may serve.
(2) Removal of member or organization
The Librarian shall have the authority to remove any member of
the Board, or the organization listed in subsection (a) of this
section such member represents, if the member, or organization, over
any consecutive 2-year period, fails to attend at least one
regularly scheduled Board meeting.
(3) Vacancies
A vacancy in the Board shall be filled in the manner in which
the original appointment was made under subsection (a) of this
section, except that the Librarian may fill the vacancy from a list
of candidates previously submitted by the organization or
organizations involved. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy
before the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor
was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
(d) Quorum
11 members of the Board shall constitute a quorum but a lesser
number may hold hearings.
(e) Reimbursement of expenses
Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed
for the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred
by them in the performance of the duties of the Board.
(f) Meetings
The Board shall meet at least once each fiscal year. Meetings shall
be at the call of the Librarian.
(g) Conflict of interest
The Librarian shall establish rules and procedures to address any
potential conflict of interest between a member of the Board and
responsibilities of the Board.
(Pub. L. 104-285, title I, Sec. 104, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3378.)
Termination of Section
For termination of section, see section 179w of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 179l, 179m, 179s, 179t,
179u, 179v, 179w of this title.
