§ 151701 - Organization

CHAPTER 1517— NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

(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.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (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.