2 USC § 1712 - Promoting accessibility and public awareness of sound recordings

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title: "2 USC § 1712 - Promoting accessibility and public awareness of sound recordings"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1712"
section_name: "Promoting accessibility and public awareness of sound recordings"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 112, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088.)"
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# § 1712. Promoting accessibility and public awareness of sound recordings

The Librarian shall carry out activities to make sound recordings included in the National Recording Registry more broadly accessible for research and educational purposes and to generate public awareness and support of the Registry and the comprehensive national sound recording preservation program established under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 112, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088.)