Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Reau-
thorization Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION BOARD.— 
(1) REAUTHORIZATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 133 of the Na-
tional 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 suc-
ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2016’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the National Re-
cording Preservation Act of 2000. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.—Sec-
tion 122(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1722(d)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(2) REMOVAL
OF
MEMBERS.—The Librarian 
shall have the authority to remove any member of the 
Board if the member fails, after receiving proper noti-
fication, 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 sub-
stantially failed to fulfill the member’s responsibilities 
as a member of the Board.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDA-
TION.— 
(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 be-
ginning 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 enact-
ment of this chapter and each succeeding fiscal 
year through fiscal year 2016’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the National Re-
cording Preservation Act of 2000. 
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(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 LOCA-
TION OF PRINCIPAL OFFICE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 152406 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia.’’ and inserting ‘‘District of Columbia or an-
other place as determined by the Board of Direc-
tors.’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
152405(b) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia,’’ and inserting ‘‘jurisdic-
tion in which the principal office of the corpora-
tion 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 EX-
PENSES.—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.’’. 
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SEC. 3. FILM PRESERVATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION BOARD.— 
(1) REAUTHORIZATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 112 of the Na-
tional Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 
179v) is amended by inserting after ‘‘the Librar-
ian’’ the following: ‘‘for the first fiscal year be-
ginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and each succeeding fiscal year through 
fiscal year 2016’’. 
(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 in-
cluded 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 Li-
brarian may authorize the use of the seal by the Li-
brary or by others for other limited purposes in order 
to promote in the National Film Registry when exhib-
iting, showing, or otherwise disseminating films in 
the Registry.’’. 
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(3) UPDATING NAMES OF ORGANIZATIONS REP-
RESENTED ON BOARD.—Section 104(a)(1) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 179n(a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘Cin-
ema’’ and inserting ‘‘Cinema and Media’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘De-
partment 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 Stud-
ies’’; 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: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Library of Congress amounts nec-
essary to carry out this chapter, not to exceed— 
‘‘(A) $530,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2005 through 2009; 
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