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# 2 U.S.C. § 1701 - National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress

## Text

The Librarian of Congress shall establish the National Recording Registry for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2085.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. L. 106–474, § 1, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2085, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and chapter 1524 of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations] may be cited as the ‘National Recording Preservation Act of 2000’.”