[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S10953]
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              NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4846, which is at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4846) to establish the National Recording 
     Registry in the Library of Congress to maintain and preserve 
     sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or 
     aesthetically significant, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 4341

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, it is my understanding Senator Daschle 
and others have an amendment at the desk and I ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mr. Daschle, for 
     himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Wyden, proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4341.

  Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent reading of the amendment be 
dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       In section 101, insert ``and collections of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recordings''.
       In section 102(a)(1), insert ``and collections of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recordings''.
       In section 102(a)(1), strike ``10 years'' and insert ``25 
     years''.
       In section 102(a)(3), insert ``and collections of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recordings''.
       In section 102(b), insert ``or collection of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recording''.
       In section 103(a), insert ``or collection of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recording'' each place it appears.
       In section 103(b)(1), insert ``or collection of sound 
     recordings'' after ``sound recording''.
       In section 103(b)(4), insert ``or collection of sound 
     recordings'' after ``sound recording'' the first place it 
     appears.
       In section 103(c), insert ``or collection of sound 
     recordings'' after ``sound recording''.
       In section 103(c), strike ``recording,'' and insert 
     ``recording or collection,''.
       In section 104(a), insert ``(including electronic access)'' 
     after ``reasonable access''.
       In the heading for section 122(d)(2), insert ``or 
     organization'' after ``organization''.
       In section 124(a)(1), insert ``and collections of sound 
     recordings'' after ``recordings'' the first place it appears.
       Add at the end of section 124 the following new subsection:
       (c) Encouraging Accessibility to Registry and Out of Print 
     Recordings.--The Board shall encourage the owners of 
     recordings and collections of recordings included in the 
     National Recording Registry and the owners of out of print 
     recordings to permit digital access to such recordings 
     through the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at 
     Culpeper, Virginia, in order to reduce the portion of the 
     Nation's recorded cultural legacy which is inaccessible to 
     students, educators, and others, and may suggest such other 
     measures as it considers reasonable and appropriate to 
     increase public accessibility to such recordings.
       Insert after section 125 the following new section:

     SEC. 126. ESTABLISHMENT OF BYLAWS BY LIBRARIAN.

       The Librarian may establish such bylaws (consistent with 
     this subtitle) as the Librarian considers appropriate to 
     govern the organization and operation of the Board, including 
     bylaws relating to appointments and removals of members or 
     organizations described in section 122(a)(2) which may be 
     required as a result of changes in the title, membership, or 
     nature of such organizations occurring after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       Redesignate section 133 as section 134 and insert after 
     section 132 the following new section:

     SEC. 133. ENCOURAGING ACTIVITIES TO FOCUS ON RARE AND 
                   ENDANGERED RECORDINGS.

       Congress encourages the Librarian and the Board, in 
     carrying out their duties under this Act, to undertake 
     activities designed to preserve and bring attention to sound 
     recordings which are rare and sound recordings and 
     collections of recordings which are in danger of becoming 
     lost due to deterioration.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the amendment be 
agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read for the third time and passed, 
the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and the title amendment 
be agreed to, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4341) was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 4846), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  The title amendment (No. 4342) was agreed to, as follows:

       Amend the title to read as follows: ``A Bill to establish 
     the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress to 
     maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of 
     sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or 
     aesthetically significant, and for other purposes.''.

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