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 112 STAT. 1404 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 CHAPTER 1517—NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION Sec. 151701. Organization. 151702. Purposes. 151703. Board of directors. 151704. Officers and employees. 151705. Powers. 151706. Principal office. 151707. Provision and acceptance of support by Librarian of Congress. 151708. Service of process. 151709. Civil action by Attorney General for eqviitable relief 151710. Immunity of United States Government. 151711. Authorization of appropriations. 151712. Annual report. §151701. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER.— National Film Preservation Foundation (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) NATURE OF CORPORATION. — The corporation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government. (c) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. — Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. §151702. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are to— (1) encourage, accept, and administer private gifts to promote and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of the nation's film heritage held at the Library of Congress and other public and nonprofit archives throughout the United States; (2) further the goals of the Library of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board in connection with their activities under the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 1791-179W); and (3) conduct activities, alone or in cooperation with other film related institutions and organizations, to further the preservation and public accessibility of films made in the United States, particularly films not protected by private interests, for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans. § 151703. Board of directors (a) GENERAL.—The board of directors is the governing body of the corporation. (b) MEMBERS AND APPOINTMENT.—(1) The Librarian of Congress is an ex officio nonvoting member of the board. The Librarian appoints the directors to the board. (2)(A) The board consists of nine directors. (B) Each director must be a United States citizen. (C) At least six directors must be knowledgeable or experienced in film production, distribution, preservation, or restoration, including two who are sitting members of the National Film Preservation Board. These six directors must, to the extent practicable, represent diverse points of view from the film community, including motion picture producers, creative artists, nonprofit and public archivists, historians, film critics, theater owners, and laboratory and university personnel.

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