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 112 STAT. 2458 PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 (ii) engaged in 15 cultural surveys and field documentation projects in all regions of the country; (iii) provided publications, documentary equipment on loan, and advisory and reference service to persons and institutions in all 50 States; (iv) produced exhibitions and other educational programs on American Folklife at the Library and around the country; (v) begun sharing its unique collections in digital form via the Internet; and (vi) served as a national center for the professions of folklore, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. (D) Congress has consistently provided encouragement and support of American Folklife as an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal Government, passing legislation to reauthorize the Center eight times since its creation in 1976. (E) The American Folklife Center is the only unit in the Library of Congress which is not permanently authorized. Since its establishment in 1976, the Center's collections and activities have been fully and successfully integrated into the Library of Congress. It is useful to statutorily conform the American Folklife Center with the rest of the Library of Congress. (2) PURPOSE. —It is the purpose of this section to authorize permanently the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress to preserve and present American Folklife. (b) REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT.— (1) BOARD OF TRUSTEES; APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTOR; ELIMINATION OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION.— Section 4 of the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2103) is amended— (A) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: "(b)(1) The Center shall be under the direction of a Board of Trustees. The Board shall be composed as follows: President. "(A) four members appointed by the President from among individuals who are officials of Federal depgirtments and agencies concerned with some aspect of American Folklife traditions and arts; "(B) four members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among individuals from private life who are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American Folklife traditions and arts, and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among such individuals; from among individuals who are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American folklife traditions and arts; and "(D) seven ex officio members including— "(i) the Librarian of Congress; "(ii) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; "(iii) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; "(iv) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; •Note: In the fifth line of Sec. 312(b)(l)(A), which begins "(A) four members..." the word "President" has been added after "the" and before "from".
 * XC) four members appointed by the Librarian of Congress

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