Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2008

To reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.

4/24/2008--Introduced.
Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (the Act) to authorize appropriations through FY2014 for:
(1) the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant; and
(2) the National Recording Preservation Foundation to accept and administer private gifts to promote and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of the nation's sound recording heritage held at the Library of Congress and other public and nonprofit archives. Amends the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations through FY2014 for the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. Updates the names of organizations that represent the Board. Authorizes appropriations to the Library of Congress through FY2017 for the National Film Preservation Foundation. Instructs such Foundation to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts to ensure the repatriation of American films from foreign archives. (Current law instructs the Foundation to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts to ensure the preservation of films held in the United States.)
Amends the American Television and Radio Archives Act to permit the distribution of television and radio news programs in the American Television and Radio Archives for research or deposit in public libraries or archives.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • Senate Rules and Administration
  • House Administration
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 24, 2008		June 04, 2008

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• Jun 05, 2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jun 04, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jun 04, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5893.
• Jun 04, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Jun 04, 2008: Mr. Brady (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Jun 04, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 428..
• Jun 04, 2008: Committee on Judiciary discharged.
• Jun 04, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 110-683, Part I.
• Added to calendar on May 07, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• May 07, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Apr 24, 2008: Referred to House Judiciary
• Apr 24, 2008: Referred to House House Administration
• Apr 24, 2008: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Apr 24, 2008.

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