§ 179p. — National Film Registry Collection of Library of Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC179p]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 179p. National Film Registry Collection of Library of
Congress
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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) of this section, shall become the
property of the United States Government, subject to the provisions of
title 17.
(d) 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) of this
section, 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.
(Pub. L. 104-285, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3380.)
Termination of Section
For termination of section, see section 179w of this title.
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 104-285, Oct. 11,
1996, 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 (Sec. 151701 et seq.) of Title
36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations,
by Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 5(b), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1499, the first
section of which enacted Title 36. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 179l, 179s, 179t, 179u,
179v, 179w of this title.
