Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73
§151701 Organization
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 1517— - NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION › § 151701
Summary
Creates the National Film Preservation Foundation and gives it a federal charter. The Foundation is a charitable, nonprofit group that is not part of the U.S. government, and it is set up to continue forever unless another law says otherwise.
Full Legal Text
Title 36, §151701
Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)National Film Preservation Foundation (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.
(b)The corporation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government.
(c)Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 151701(a)36:5701(a) (1st sentence).Oct. 11, 1996, Pub. L. 104–285, title II, §§ 202(a), 204(a)(1), 110 Stat. 3382, 3384. 151701(b)36:5701(a) (last sentence). 151701(c)36:5703(a)(1). Subsection (a) is substituted for “There is established the National Film Preservation Foundation (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Foundation’)” for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (c), the words “Except as otherwise provided” are added, and the word “existence” is substituted for “succession”, for consistency in the revised title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
36 U.S.C. § 151701
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73