I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5893 
To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the 
Library of Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2008 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation 
programs of the Library of Congress, and for other 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 ‘‘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.— 
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(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 fis-
cal year beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this chapter and each succeeding 
fiscal year through fiscal year 2014’’. 
(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) PERMITTING BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE 
MORE
THAN
TERMS.—Section 152403(b)(4) of 
such title is amended by striking the second sen-
tence. 
(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-
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other place as determined by the Board of Di-
rectors.’’. 
(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 fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 Rev-
enue Service as part of an annual information return re-
quired under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
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 Li-
brarian’’ the following: ‘‘for the first fiscal year 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
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of this Act and each succeeding fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2014’’. 
(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 
included 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 
Librarian may authorize the use of the seal by the 
Library or by others for other limited purposes in 
order to promote in the National Film Registry 
when exhibiting, showing, or otherwise disseminating 
films in the Registry.’’. 
(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 
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‘‘Department of Film, Television, and Digital 
Media’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘Film and Television’’ and inserting ‘‘Cinema 
Studies’’; 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, by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Library of Congress amounts 
necessary to carry out this chapter, not to exceed— 
‘‘(A) $530,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2005 through 2009; 
‘‘(B) $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2010 through 2011; and 
‘‘(C) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING.—The amounts authorized to 
be appropriated under this subsection are to be 
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made available to the corporation to match any pri-
vate contributions (whether in currency, services, or 
property) made to the corporation by private persons 
and State and local governments.’’. 
(2) REPATRIATION OF FILMS FROM FOREIGN 
ARCHIVES AS PURPOSE OF FOUNDATION.—Section 
151702(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘United States;’’ and inserting ‘‘United States and 
the repatriation of American films from foreign ar-
chives;’’. 
(3) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR FILLING VA-
CANCIES
IN
MEMBERSHIP
OF
BOARD
OF
DIREC-
TORS.—Section 151703(b)(5) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘120 days’’. 
SEC. 4. PERMITTING DISTRIBUTION OF ACQUIRED NEWS 
TRANSMISSIONS IN AMERICAN TELEVISION 
AND RADIO ARCHIVES FOR RESEARCH OR 
DEPOSIT 
IN 
PUBLIC 
LIBRARIES 
OR 
AR-
CHIVES. 
Section 113(b)(3) of Public Law 94–553 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘American Television and Radio Archives 
Act’’) (2 U.S.C. 170(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection or a copy or 
phonorecord of a transmission program described under 
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this subsection which is acquired by the Librarian pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1)’’. 
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