[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 5893 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5893

 To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of 
            the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2008

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to 
    the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of 
            the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Library of Congress Sound Recording 
and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) National Recording Preservation Board.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 133 of the National 
                Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 1743) is 
                amended by striking ``for each of the first 7 fiscal 
                years beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
                of this Act'' and inserting ``for the first fiscal year 
                beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act and each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 
                2014''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
                subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if included in 
                the enactment of the National Recording Preservation 
                Act of 2000.
            (2) Criteria for removal of members.--Section 122(d)(2) of 
        such Act (2 U.S.C. 1722(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Removal of members.--The Librarian shall have the 
        authority to remove any member of the Board if the member 
        fails, after receiving proper notification, to attend (or send 
        a designated alternate to attend) a regularly scheduled Board 
        meeting, or if the member is determined by the Librarian to 
        have substantially failed to fulfill the member's 
        responsibilities as a member of the Board.''.
    (b) National Recording Preservation Foundation.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 152411(a) of title 36, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``for each 
                of the first 7 fiscal years beginning on or after the 
                date of the enactment of this chapter'' and inserting 
                ``for the first fiscal year beginning on or after the 
                date of the enactment of this chapter and each 
                succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2014''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
                subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if included in 
                the enactment of the National Recording Preservation 
                Act of 2000.
            (2) Permitting board members to serve more than 2 terms.--
        Section 152403(b)(4) of such title is amended by striking the 
        second sentence.
            (3) Permitting board to determine location of principal 
        office.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 152406 of such title is 
                amended by striking ``District of Columbia.'' and 
                inserting ``District of Columbia or another place as 
                determined by the Board of Directors.''.
                    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 152405(b) of 
                such title is amended by striking ``District of 
                Columbia,'' and inserting ``jurisdiction in which the 
                principal office of the corporation is located,''.
            (4) Clarification of limitation on use of funds for 
        administrative expenses.--Section 152411(b) of such title is 
        amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Limitation Related to Administrative Expenses.--Amounts 
authorized under this section may not be used by the corporation for 
management and general or fundraising expenses as reported to the 
Internal Revenue Service as part of an annual information return 
required under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.

SEC. 3. FILM PRESERVATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) National Film Preservation Board.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 112 of the National Film 
                Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179v) is amended by 
                inserting after ``the Librarian'' the following: ``for 
                the first fiscal year beginning on or after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act and each succeeding fiscal 
                year through fiscal year 2014''.
                    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 113 of such Act 
                (2 U.S.C. 179w) is amended by striking the first 
                sentence.
                    (C) Effective date.--The amendments made by this 
                paragraph shall take effect as if included in the 
                enactment of the National Film Preservation Act of 
                1996.
            (2) Expanding authorized uses of seal.--Section 103(b) of 
        such Act (2 U.S.C. 179m(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following: ``The Librarian may authorize the use of the seal by 
        the Library or by others for other limited purposes in order to 
        promote in the National Film Registry when exhibiting, showing, 
        or otherwise disseminating films in the Registry.''.
            (3) Updating names of organizations represented on board.--
        Section 104(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 179n(a)(1)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``Cinema'' and 
                inserting ``Cinema and Media'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``Department 
                of Film and Television'' and inserting ``Department of 
                Film, Television, and Digital Media'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``Film and 
                Television'' and inserting ``Cinema Studies''; and
                    (D) by amending subparagraph (L) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(L) Screen Actors Guild.''.
    (b) National Film Preservation Foundation.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--Section 151711(a) of title 36, United 
        States Code, is amended to read as follows, by inserting after 
        the first sentence the following:
    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Library of Congress amounts necessary to carry out this 
        chapter, not to exceed--
                    ``(A) $530,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
                through 2009;
                    ``(B) $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
                through 2011; and
                    ``(C) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 
                through 2017.
            ``(2) Matching.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
        under this subsection are to be made available to the 
        corporation to match any private contributions (whether in 
        currency, services, or property) made to the corporation by 
        private persons and State and local governments.''.
            (2) Repatriation of films from foreign archives as purpose 
        of foundation.--Section 151702(1) of such title is amended by 
        striking ``United States;'' and inserting ``United States and 
        the repatriation of American films from foreign archives;''.
            (3) Extension of deadline for filling vacancies in 
        membership of board of directors.--Section 151703(b)(5) of such 
        title is amended by striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``120 
        days''.

SEC. 4. PERMITTING DISTRIBUTION OF ACQUIRED NEWS TRANSMISSIONS IN 
              AMERICAN TELEVISION AND RADIO ARCHIVES FOR RESEARCH OR 
              DEPOSIT IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR ARCHIVES.

    Section 113(b)(3) of Public Law 94-553 (commonly known as the 
``American Television and Radio Archives Act'') (2 U.S.C. 170(b)(3)) is 
amended by striking ``this subsection'' and inserting ``this subsection 
or a copy or phonorecord of a transmission program described under this 
subsection which is acquired by the Librarian pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)''.
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