2015 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 5 - Library of Congress (Sections 131 - 185)
Sec. 179q - Seal of National Film Registry
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sec. 179q - Seal of National Film Registry |
| Contains | section 179q |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-285, title I, §107, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 109-9, title III, §302(d), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 225. |
| Statutes at Large References | 110 Stat. 3381 119 Stat. 225 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-285, Public Law 109-9 |
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No person shall knowingly distribute or exhibit to the public a version of a film or any copy in any format of a film which bears the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title if such film—
(A) is not included in the National Film Registry; or
(B) is included in the National Film Registry, but such film or film copy has not been approved for use of the seal by the Librarian pursuant to section 179m(a)(1)(D) of this title.
(2) Prohibition on promotionNo person shall knowingly use the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title to promote any version of a film in any format other than a Registry version.
(b) Effective date of sealThe use of the seal described in section 179m(a)(3) of this title shall be effective for each film after the Librarian publishes in the Federal Register, in accordance with section 179m(a)(2) of this title, the name of that film as selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry.
(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, §107, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 109–9, title III, §302(d), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 225.)
AMENDMENTS2005—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–9, §302(d)(1), inserted "in any format" after "or any copy" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–9, §302(d)(2), substituted "in any format" for "or film copy".
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