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[CITE: 36USC151701]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
           CHAPTER 1517--NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 151701. Organization

    (a) Federal Charter.--National Film Preservation Foundation (in this 
chapter, the ``corporation'') is a federally chartered corporation.
    (b) Nature of Corporation.--The corporation is a charitable and 
nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the 
United States Government.
    (c) Perpetual Existence.--Except as otherwise provided, the 
corporation has perpetual existence.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1404.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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151701(a).............................  36:5701(a) (1st sentence).       Oct. 1
1, 1996, Pub. L. 104-285, title
                                                                          II, S
ecs.  202(a), 204(a)(1), 110
                                                                          Stat.
 3382, 3384.
151701(b).............................  36:5701(a) (last sentence).
151701(c).............................  36:5703(a)(1).
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for ``There is established the 
National Film Preservation Foundation (hereafter in this chapter 
referred to as the `Foundation')'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (c), the words ``Except as otherwise provided'' are 
added, and the word ``existence'' is substituted for ``succession'', for 
consistency in the revised title.
