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[CITE: 36USC151703]

 
     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. 151703. Board of directors

    (a) General.--The board of directors is the governing body of the 
corporation.
    (b) Members and Appointment.--(1) The Librarian of Congress is an ex 
officio nonvoting member of the board. The Librarian appoints the 
directors to the board.
    (2)(A) The board consists of nine directors.
    (B) Each director must be a United States citizen.
    (C) At least six directors must be knowledgeable or experienced in 
film production, distribution, preservation, or restoration, including 
two who are sitting members of the National Film Preservation Board. 
These six directors must, to the extent practicable, represent diverse 
points of view from the film community, including motion picture 
producers, creative artists, nonprofit and public archivists, 
historians, film critics, theater owners, and laboratory and university 
personnel.
    (3) A director is not an employee of the Library of Congress and 
appointment to the board does not constitute appointment as an officer 
or employee of the United States Government for the purpose of any law 
of the United States.
    (4) The terms of office of the directors are 4 years. An individual 
may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
    (5) A vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (c) Chair.--The Librarian shall appoint one of the directors as the 
initial chair of the board for a 2-year term. Thereafter, the chair 
shall be appointed and removed in accordance with the bylaws of the 
corporation.
    (d) Quorum.--A majority of the current membership of the board is a 
quorum.
    (e) Meetings.--The board shall meet at the call of the Librarian or 
the chair at least once each year. If a director misses three 
consecutive regularly scheduled meetings, the director may be removed 
from the board by the Librarian and that vacancy may be filled as 
provided in subsection (b) of this section.
    (f) Compensation and Reimbursement.--Directors serve without 
compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and 
subsistence expenses incurred in performing duties for the corporation.
    (g) Liability of Directors.--Directors are not personally liable, 
except for gross negligence.

(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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151703(a).............................  36:5702(a) (1st sentence words   Oct. 1
1, 1996, Pub. L. 104-285, title
                                         before 1st comma).               II, S
ecs.  203(a)-(f), (g)(2)(A) (last
                                                                          sente
nce related to board of
                                                                          direc
tors), 204(c)(5) (words after 2d
                                                                          comma
), 110 Stat. 3383, 3384, 3385.
151703(b)(1)..........................  36:5702(a) (3d sentence), (b)
                                         (1st sentence).
151703(b)(2)..........................  36:5702(a) (1st sentence words
                                         after 1st comma, 2d sentence).
151703(b)(3)..........................  36:5702(a) (last sentence),
                                         (g)(2)(A) (last sentence
                                         related to board of
                                         directors).
151703(b)(4)..........................  36:5702(b) (2d, last
                                         sentences).
151703(b)(5)..........................  36:5702(b) (3d sentence).
151703(c)-(f).........................  36:5702(c)-(f).
151703(g).............................  36:5703(c)(5) (words after 2d
                                         comma).
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for ``The Foundation shall have a 
governing Board of Directors (hereafter in this title referred to as the 
`Board')'' for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``(hereafter in this chapter 
referred to as the `Librarian')'' in 36:5702(a) are omitted as 
unnecessary. The words ``Within 90 days after October 11, 1996'' in 
36:5702(b) are omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (b)(3), the words ``is not an employee'' are 
substituted for ``nor . . . shall be construed to be employees'' in 
36:5702(g)(2)(A) (last sentence related to the board of directors), and 
the words ``appointment to the board does not constitute appointment as 
an officer or employee'' are substituted for ``Appointment to the Board 
shall not constitute employment by, or the holding of an office of'' in 
36:5702(a), for clarity.
    In subsection (d), the words ``for the transaction of business'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 151707 of this title; title 2 
section 179o.
