1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 43 - AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION
Sec. 2101 - Congressional declaration of findings and purpose
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 43 - AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION Sec. 2101 - Congressional declaration of findings and purpose |
Contains | section 2101 |
Date | 1995 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | American Folklife Preservation Act |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-201, §2, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1129. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 89 Stat. 1129 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-201 |
§2101. Congressional declaration of findings and purpose
(a) The Congress hereby finds and declares—
(1) that the diversity inherent in American folklife has contributed greatly to the cultural richness of the Nation and has fostered a sense of individuality and identity among the American people;
(2) that the history of the United States effectively demonstrates that building a strong nation does not require the sacrifice of cultural differences;
(3) that American folklife has a fundamental influence on the desires, beliefs, values, and character of the American people;
(4) that it is appropriate and necessary for the Federal Government to support research and scholarship in American folklife in order to contribute to an understanding of the complex problems of the basic desires, beliefs, and values of the American people in both rural and urban areas;
(5) that the encouragement and support of American folklife, while primarily a matter for private and local initiative, is also an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal Government; and
(6) that it is in the interest of the general welfare of the Nation to preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts.
(b) It is therefore the purpose of this chapter to establish in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center to preserve and present American folklife.
(Pub. L. 94–201, §2, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1129.)
Short TitleSection 1 of Pub. L. 94–201 provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘American Folklife Preservation Act’.”
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