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[CITE: 36USC151702]

 
     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. 151702. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are to--
        (1) encourage, accept, and administer private gifts to promote 
    and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of the nation's 
    film heritage held at the Library of Congress and other public and 
    nonprofit archives throughout the United States;
        (2) further the goals of the Library of Congress and the 
    National Film Preservation Board in connection with their activities 
    under the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179l-
    179w); and
        (3) conduct activities, alone or in cooperation with other film 
    related institutions and organizations, to further the preservation 
    and public accessibility of films made in the United States, 
    particularly films not protected by private interests, for the 
    benefit of present and future generations of Americans.

(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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151702................................  36:5701(b).                      Oct. 1
1, 1996, Pub. L. 104-285, title
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ec.  202(b), 110 Stat. 3382.
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                       References in Text

    The National Film Preservation Act of 1996, referred to in par. (2), 
is title I of Pub. L. 104-285, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3377, which is 
classified principally to section 179l et seq. of Title 2, The Congress. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 179l of Title 2 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 151709 of this title.
