36 CFR § 705.2 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s705.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 705.2 - Authority."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "705.2"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
part_number: "705"
part_name: "REPRODUCTION, COMPILATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEWS TRANSMISSIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN TELEVISION AND RADIO ARCHIVES ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "2 U.S.C. 136, and 170."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 39843, July 1, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "705"
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# 705.2 Authority.

Section 170(b) of Title 2 authorizes the Librarian, with respect to a transmission program which consists of a regularly scheduled newscast or on-the-spot coverage of news events, to prescribe by regulation standards and conditions to reproduce, compile, and distribute such a program as more particularly specified in the statute.