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20 U.S.C. § 2101 — Congressional declaration of findings and purpose
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**(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 subchapter to establish in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center to preserve and present American folklife.
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**(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 subchapter to establish in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center to preserve and present American folklife.
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**(a) Establishment** There is hereby established in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center.
**(b) Board of Trustees; composition; regional balance**
(1) The Center shall be under the direction of a Board of Trustees. The Board shall be composed as follows:
(A) four members appointed by the President from among individuals who are officials of Federal departments and agencies concerned with some aspect of American Folklife traditions and arts;
(B) four members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among individuals from private life who are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American Folklife traditions and arts, and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among such individuals;
(C) four members appointed by the Librarian of Congress from among individuals who are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American folklife traditions and arts; and
(D) nine ex officio members including—
(i) the Librarian of Congress;
(ii) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution;
(iii) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts;
(iv) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities;
(v) the President of the American Folklore Society;
(vi) the President of the Society for Ethnomusicology;
(vii) the Director of the Center;
(viii) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(ix) the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
(2) In making appointments from private life under paragraph (1)(B) and (C), the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Librarian of Congress shall give due cons
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**(a) In general** The Director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress shall establish an oral history program—
(1) to collect video and audio recordings of—
(A) personal histories and testimonials of veterans of the Armed Forces who served during a period of war; and
(B) biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or died as a result of their service during a period of war;
(2) to create a collection of the recordings obtained (including a catalog and index) which will be available for public use through the National Digital Library of the Library of Congress and such other methods as the Director considers appropriate to the extent feasible subject to available resources; and
(3) to solicit, reproduce, and collect written materials (such as letters and diaries) relevant to the personal histories of veterans of the Armed Forces who served during a period of war and to catalog such materials in a manner the Director considers appropriate, consistent with and complimentary 11 So in original. Probably should be “complementary”. to the efforts described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
**(b) Use of and consultation with other entities** The Director may carry out the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a) through agreements and partnerships entered into with other government and private entities, and may otherwise consult with interested persons (within the limits of available resources) and develop appropriate guidelines and arrangements for soliciting, acquiring, and making available recordings under the program under this subchapter.
**(c) Timing** As soon as practicable after October 27, 2000, the Director shall begin collecting video and audio recordin
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds as follows:
(1) Military service during a time of war is the highest sacrifice a citizen may make for his or her country.
(2) 4,700,000 Americans served in World War I, 16,500,000 Americans served in World War II, 6,800,000 Americans served in the Korean Conflict, 9,200,000 Americans served in the Vietnam Conflict, 3,800,000 Americans served in the Persian Gulf War, and countless other Americans served in military engagements overseas throughout the 20th century.
(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that there are almost 19,000,000 war veterans living in this Nation today.
(4) Today there are only approximately 3,400 living veterans of World War I, and of the some 6,000,000 veterans of World War II alive today, almost 1,500 die each day.
(5) Oral histories are of immeasurable value to historians, researchers, authors, journalists, film makers, scholars, students, and citizens of all walks of life.
(6) War veterans possess an invaluable resource in their memories of the conflicts in which they served, and can provide a rich history of our Nation and its people through the retelling of those memories, yet frequently those who served during times of conflict are reticent to family and friends about their experiences.
(7) It is in the Nation’s best interest to collect and catalog oral histories of American war veterans so that future generations will have original sources of information regarding the lives and times of those who served in war and the conditions under which they endured, so that Americans will always remember those who served in war and may learn first-hand of the heroics, tediousness, horrors, and triumphs of war.
(8) The Library of Congress, as the Nation’s oldest Federal cultural institution and largest an
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Page 1044
TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 2013
(41 U.S.C. 5)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan.
4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public
Contracts.
In subsec. (a)(7), ‘‘section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31’’
substituted for ‘‘section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 529)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 97–258,
§ 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of
which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
in subsec. (b) of this section relating to submitting an-
nual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L.
104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113
of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 193 of House
Document No. 103–7.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS–16, 17, OR 18 PAY
RATES
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17,
or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General
Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable
under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organi-
zation and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)]
of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376
of Title 5.
§ 2013. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated
$30,000,000 to the fund.
(Pub. L. 93–642, § 14, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2280.)
CHAPTER 43—AMERICAN FOLKLIFE
PRESERVATION
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
2101.
Congressional declaration of findings and pur-
pose.
2102.
Definitions.
2103.
American Folklife Center.
2104.
Functions of Center.
2105.
Limitations on contracts.
2106.
Administration.
2107.
Authorization of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER II—VETERANS’ ORAL HISTORY
2141.
Findings; purpose.
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