I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 24 
To encourage the preservation and restoration of copyrighted works for 
research, scholarly, and educational purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, 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 
A BILL 
To encourage the preservation and restoration of copyrighted 
works for research, scholarly, and educational purposes. 
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 ‘‘Preservation and Res-
toration of Orphan Works for Use in Scholarship and 
Education (PRO-USE) Act of 2005’’.
TITLE I—PRESERVATION OF 
ORPHAN WORKS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preservation of Or-
phan Works Act’’. 
SEC. 102. REPRODUCTION OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS BY LI-
BRARIES AND ARCHIVES. 
Section 108(i) of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘(b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b), (c), 
and (h)’’. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL FILM 
PRESERVATION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Film Preser-
vation Act of 2005’’. 
Subtitle A—Reauthorization of 
National Film Preservation Act 
SEC. 211. REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.—Sec-
tion 103 of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 
(2 U.S.C. 179m) is amended: 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘film copy’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘film or other ap-
proved copy’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘film copies’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘film or other 
approved copies’’; and 
(C) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘copyrighted’’ and inserting ‘‘copyrighted, mass 
distributed, broadcast, or published’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION
OF PROGRAM WITH OTHER 
COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND ACCESSIBILITY AC-
TIVITIES.—In carrying out the comprehensive national 
film preservation program for motion pictures established 
under the National Film Preservation Act of 1996, the 
Librarian, in consultation with the Board established pur-
suant to section 104, shall—
‘‘(1) carry out activities to make films included 
in the National Film registry more broadly acces-
sible for research and educational purposes, and to 
generate public awareness and support of the Reg-
istry and the comprehensive national film preserva-
tion program; 
‘‘(2) review the comprehensive national film 
preservation plan, and amend it to the extent nec-
essary to ensure that it addresses technological ad-
vances in the preservation and storage of, and access 
to film collections in multiple formats; and
‘‘(3) wherever possible, undertake expanded ini-
tiatives to ensure the preservation of the moving 
image heritage of the United States, including film, 
videotape, television, and born digital moving image 
formats, by supporting the work of the National 
Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of 
Congress, and other appropriate nonprofit archival 
and preservation organizations.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION BOARD.—Sec-
tion 104 of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 
(2 U.S.C. 179n) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘20’’ and 
inserting ‘‘22’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘three’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5’’; 
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘11’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—Members of 
the Board shall serve without pay, but may receive travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in ac-
cordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United 
States Code.’’.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS OF BOARD.— 
Section 105(c) of the National Film Preservation Act of 
1996 (2 U.S.C. 179o) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) REVIEW
AND
APPROVAL
OF
SPECIAL 
FOUNDATION
PROJECTS.—The Board shall review 
special projects submitted for its approval by the 
National Film Preservation Foundation under sec-
tion 151711 of title 36, United States Code.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY.—Section 106 of the 
National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179p) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL CONSERVATION CEN-
TER.—The Librarian shall utilize the National Audio-Vis-
ual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress at 
Culpeper, Virginia, to ensure that preserved films included 
in the National Film Registry are stored in a proper man-
ner, and disseminated to researchers, scholars, and the 
public as may be appropriate in accordance with— 
‘‘(1) title 17, United States Code; and 
‘‘(2) the terms of any agreements between the 
Librarian and persons who hold copyrights to such 
audiovisual works.’’.