[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC2102]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 43--AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2102. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(1) the term ``American folklife'' means the traditional
expressive culture shared within the various groups in the United
States: familial, ethnic, occupational, religious, regional;
expressive culture includes a wide range of creative and symbolic
forms such as custom, belief, technical skill, language, literature,
art, architecture, music, play, dance, drama, ritual, pageantry,
handicraft; these expressions are mainly learned orally, by
imitation, or in performance, and are generally maintained without
benefit of formal instruction or institutional direction;
(2) the term ``Board'' means the Board of Trustees of the
Center;
(3) the term ``Center'' means the American Folklife Center
established under this subchapter;
(4) the term ``group'' includes any State or public agency or
institution and any nonprofit society, institution, organization,
association, or establishment in the United States;
(5) the term ``Librarian'' means the Librarian of Congress;
(6) the term ``State'' includes, in addition to the several
States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District
of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; and
(7) the term ``workshop'' means an activity the primary purpose
of which is to encourage the development of skills, appreciation, or
enjo
