(b) CHAIR.—The Librarian shall appoint one member
of the Board to serve as Chair.
(c) TERM OF OFFICE.—
(1) TERMS.—The term of each member of the
Board shall be 5 years, except that there shall be no
limit to the number of terms that any individual
member may serve.
(2) REMOVAL
OF
MEMBER
OR
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The Librarian shall have the authority to re-
move any member of the Board, or the organization
listed in subsection (a) such member represents, if
the member, or organization, over any consecutive 2-
year period, fails to attend at least one regularly
scheduled Board meeting.
(3) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Board shall
be filled in the manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made under subsection (a), except that the
Librarian may fill the vacancy from a list of can-
didates previously submitted by the organization or
organizations involved. Any member appointed to fill
a vacancy before the expiration of the term for
which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be
appointed for the remainder of such term.
(d) QUORUM.—11 members of the Board shall con-
stitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
(e) BASIC PAY.—Members of the Board shall serve
without pay. While away from their home or regular places
of business in the performance of functions of the Board,
members of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same man-
ner as persons employed intermittently in Government
service are allowed expenses under section 5701 of title
5, United States Code.
(f) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at least once
each fiscal year. Meetings shall be at the call of the Li-
brarian.
(g) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The Librarian shall
establish rules and procedures to address any potential
conflict of interest between a member of the Board and
responsibilities of the Board.
SEC. 105. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS OF BOARD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall review nomina-
tions of films submitted to it for inclusion in the National
Film Registry and consult with the Librarian, as provided
in section 103, with respect to the inclusion of such films
in the Registry and the preservation of these and other
films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically sig-
nificant.
(b) NOMINATION OF FILMS.—The Board shall con-
sider, for inclusion in the National Film Registry, nomina-
tions submitted by the general public as well as represent-
atives of the film industry, such as the guilds and societies
representing actors, directors, screenwriters, cinematog-
raphers, and other creative artists, producers, and film
critics, archives and other film preservation organizations,
and representatives of academic institutions with film
study programs. The Board shall nominate not more than
25 films each year for inclusion in the Registry.
(c) POWERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board may, for the pur-
pose of carrying out its duties, hold such hearings,
sit and act at such times and places, take such testi-
mony, and receive such evidence, as the Librarian
and the Board consider appropriate.
(2) SERVICE
ON
FOUNDATION.—Two sitting
members of the Board shall be appointed by the Li-
brarian, and shall serve, as Board members of the
National Film Preservation Foundation, in accord-
ance with section 203.
SEC. 106. NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY COLLECTION OF THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
(a) ACQUISITION OF ARCHIVAL QUALITY COPIES.—
The Librarian shall endeavor to obtain, by gift from the
owner, an archival quality copy of the Registry version of
each film included in the National Film Registry. When-
ever possible, the Librarian shall endeavor to obtain the
best surviving materials, including preprint materials.
Copyright owners and others possessing copies of such
materials are strongly encouraged, to further the preserva-
tion purposes of this Act, to provide preprint and other
archival elements to the Library of Congress.
(b) ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.—The Librarian shall
endeavor to obtain, for educational and research purposes,
additional materials related to each film included in the
National Film Registry, such as background materials,
production reports, shooting scripts (including continuity
scripts) and other similar materials.
(c) PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES.—All copies of
films on the National Film Registry that are received as
gifts or bequests by the Librarian and other materials re-
ceived by the Librarian under subsection (b), shall become
the property of the United States Government, subject to
the provisions of title 17, United States Code.
(d) NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY COLLECTION.—All
copies of films on the National Film Registry that are re-
ceived by the Librarian under subsection (a), and other
materials received by the Librarian under subsection (b),
shall be maintained in the Library of Congress and be
known as the ‘‘National Film Registry Collection of the
Library of Congress’’. The Librarian shall, by regulation,
and in accordance with title 17, United States Code, pro-
vide for reasonable access to the films and other materials
in such collection for scholarly and research purposes.
SEC. 107. SEAL OF THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY.
(a) USE OF THE SEAL.—
(1) PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION AND EXHI-
BITION.—No person shall knowingly distribute or ex-
hibit to the public a version of a film or any copy
of a film which bears the seal described in section
103(a)(3) if such film—
(A) is not included in the National Film
Registry; or
(B) is included in the National Film Reg-
istry, but such film or film copy has not been
approved for use of the seal by the Librarian
pursuant to section 103(a)(1)(D).
(2) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION.—No person
shall knowingly use the seal described in section
103(a)(3) to promote any version of a film or film
copy other than a Registry version.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SEAL.—The use of the
seal described in section 103(a)(3) shall be effective for
each film after the Librarian publishes in the Federal Reg-
ister, in accordance with section 103(a)(2), the name of