[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2070 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2070


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To provide for the distribution within the United States of the United 
   States Information Agency film entitled ``Fragile Ring of Life''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF UNITED STATES 
              INFORMATION AGENCY FILM ENTITLED ``FRAGILE RING OF 
              LIFE''.

    Notwithstanding section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1(a)) and the second 
sentence of section 501 of the United States Information and Education 
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461)--
            (1) the Director of the United States Information Agency 
        shall make available to the Archivist of the United States a 
        master copy of the film entitled ``Fragile Ring of Life''; and
            (2) upon evidence that necessary United States rights and 
        licenses have been secured and paid for by the person seeking 
        domestic release of the film, the Archivist shall--
                    (A) reimburse the Director for any expenses of the 
                Agency in making that master copy available;
                    (B) deposit that film in the National Archives of 
                the United States; and
                    (C) make copies of that film available for purchase 
                and public viewing within the United States.
Any reimbursement to the Director pursuant to this section shall be 
credited to the applicable appropriation of the United States 
Information Agency.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 17, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.