Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110
§151701 Organization
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1517 — NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION › § 151701
Summary
Creates the National Film Preservation Foundation as a corporation set up by the federal government. The foundation is a charitable, nonprofit private group, not a U.S. government agency, and it continues to exist forever unless another law changes that.
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Title 36, §151701
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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.
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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.
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Citation
36 U.S.C. § 151701
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110