[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000

                                 ______
                                 

                               speech of

                         HON. WILLIAM M. THOMAS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 25, 2000

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, the physical condition of many of the 
nations' culturally, historically, and aesthetically important sound 
recordings are at-risk because of poor storage conditions and 
inadequate preservation. With the passage of H.R. 4846, the National 
Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Congress will create a public-
private partnership to ensure that important sound recordings are 
preserved and restored.
  With the National Digital Library, the national audiovisual 
conservation center at Culpeper, VA, the Library of Congress's film 
registry program and now the sound recording registry program, the 
Congress has created groundbreaking public/private partnerships that 
minimize taxpayer investment while ensuring the preservation of 
America's cultural history.
  I would like to thank the ranking minority member of the Committee on 
House Administration, Mr. Hoyer, the Committee on the Judiciary and its 
chairman, Mr. Hyde, the Library of Congress, interested Members of 
Congress, and the sound recording industry for working to make this 
legislation possible.

                          ____________________