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title: "2 U.S.C. § 1721"
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title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_name: "SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
section: "1721"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1721"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1721 - Establishment

## Text

The Librarian shall establish in the Library of Congress a National Recording Preservation Board whose members shall be selected in accordance with the procedures described in section 1722 of this title.

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 121, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088.)