§ 2104. — Functions of Center.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC2104]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 43--AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2104. Functions of Center
(a) Contracts; national archive and center for American folklife; loan
of items in archive; procurement, display, etc., of items in
archive; miscellaneous programs
The Librarian is authorized to--
(1) enter into, in conformity with Federal procurement statutes
and regulations, contracts with individuals and groups for programs
for the--
(A) initiation, encouragement, support, organization, and
promotion of research, scholarship, and training in American
folklife;
(B) initiation, promotion, support, organization, and
production of live performances, festivals, exhibits, and
workshops related to American folklife;
(C) purchase, receipt, production, arrangement for, and
support of the production of exhibitions, displays,
publications, and presentations (including presentations by
still and motion picture films, and audio and visual magnetic
tape recordings) which represent or illustrate some aspect of
American folklife; and
(D) purchase, production, arrangement for, and support of
the production of exhibitions, projects, presentations, and
materials specially designed for classroom use representing or
illustrating some aspect of American folklife;
(2) establish and maintain in conjunction with any Federal
department, agency, or institution a national archive and center for
American folklife;
(3) procure, receive, purchase, and collect for preservation or
retention in an appropriate archive creative works, exhibitions,
presentations, objects, materials, artifacts, manuscripts,
publications, and audio and visual records (including still and
motion picture film records, audio and visual magnetic tape
recordings, written records, and manuscripts) which represent or
illustrate some aspect of American folklife;
(4) loan, or otherwise make available, through Library of
Congress procedures, any item in the archive established under this
subchapter to any individual or group;
(5) present, display, exhibit, disseminate, communicate, and
broadcast to local, regional, State, or National audiences any
exhibition, display, or presentation referred to in clause (3) of
this section or any item in the archive established pursuant to
clause (2) of this section, by making appropriate arrangements,
including contracts with public, nonprofit, and private radio and
television broadcasters, museums, educational institutions, and such
other individuals and organizations, including corporations, as the
Board deems appropriate;
(6) loan, lease, or otherwise make available to public, private,
and nonprofit educational institutions, and State arts councils
established pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.], such exhibitions,
programs, presentations, and material developed pursuant to clause
(1)(D) of this subsection as the Board deems appropriate; and
(7) develop and implement other appropriate programs to
preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate American folklife.
(b) Functions carried out through Center
The Librarian shall carry out his functions under this subchapter
through the Center.
(Pub. L. 94-201, Sec. 5, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1131.)
References in Text
The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
referred to in subsec. (a)(6), is Pub. L. 89-209, Sept. 29, 1965, 79
Stat. 845, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I
(Sec. 951 et seq.) of chapter 26 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 951 of this title and Tables.
