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20 U.S.C. § 2141 — Findings; purpose

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20 U.S.C. § 2141 — Findings; purpose

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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 and most inclusive library in human history (with nearly 119,000,000 items in its multimedia collection) 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. is an appropriate repository to collect, preserve, and make available to the public an archive of these oral histories. The Library’s American Folklife Center has expertise in the management of documentation projects and experience in the development of cultural and educational programs for the public. **(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this subchapter to create a new federally sponsored, authorized, and funded program that will coordinate at a national level the collection of video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of American war veterans, and to assist and encourage local efforts to preserve the memories of this Nation’s war veterans so that Americans of all current and future generations may hear directly from veterans and better appreciate the realities of war and the sacrifices made by those who served in uniform during wartime.

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20 U.S.C. § 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 subchapter to establish in the Library of Congress an American Folklife Center to preserve and present American folklife.

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20 U.S.C. § 2141 — Findings; purpose

Page 1048 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 2107 point and fix the compensation of a reasonable number of personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates; (5) obtain the services of experts and con- sultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5; (6) accept and utilize the services of vol- untary and noncompensated personnel and re- imburse them for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5; (7) enter into contracts to carry out the pro- visions of this subchapter, and such contracts may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the Board, be entered into without performance or other bonds and in conformity with section 6101 of title 41; and (8) make advances, progress, and other pay- ments which the Board deems necessary under this subchapter in conformity with the provi- sions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. (b) Annual report to Congress The Director shall submit to the Librarian for inclusion in the annual report of the Library of Congress to the Congress an annual report of the operations of the Center under this subchapter, which shall include a detailed statement of all private and public funds received and expended by it, and such recommendations as the Center deems appropriate. (Pub. L. 94–201, § 7, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1133; Pub. L. 105–275, § 312(b)(2), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2459.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION In subsec. (a)(7), ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ substituted for ‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (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 Contra

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