---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1722"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1722"
heading: "Appointment of members"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1722"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress"
  - "Subchapter III — National Recording Preservation Board"
---

# §1722. Appointment of members

- (a) **Selections from lists submitted by organizations—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall request each organization described in [paragraph (2)](#a-2) to submit a list of three candidates qualified to serve as a [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2). The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall appoint one [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) from each such list, and shall designate from that list an alternate who may attend at [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) expense those meetings which the individual appointed to the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) cannot attend.
  - (2) **Organizations described—** The organizations described in this paragraph are as follows:
    - (A) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
    - (B) Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
    - (C) Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC).
    - (D) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
    - (E) Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
    - (F) Songwriters Association (SESAC).
    - (G) American Federation of Musicians (AF of M).
    - (H) Music Library Association.
    - (I) American Musicological Society.
    - (J) National Archives and Record Administration.
    - (K) National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM).
    - (L) Society for Ethnomusicology.
    - (M) American Folklore Society.
    - (N) Country Music Foundation.
    - (O) Audio Engineering Society (AES).
    - (P) National Academy of Popular Music.
    - (Q) Digital Media Association (DiMA).
- (b) **Other members—** In addition to the [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) appointed under [subsection (a)](#a), the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) may appoint not more than five [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2)-at-large. The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall select an alternate for each [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2)-at-large, who may attend at [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) expense those meetings that the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2)-at-large cannot attend.
- (c) **Chair—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall appoint one [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) to serve as Chair.
- (d) **Term of office—**
  - (1) **Terms—** The term of each [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall be 4 years, except that there shall be no limit to the number of terms that any individual [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) may serve.
  - (2) **Removal of members—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall have the authority to remove any [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) if the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) fails, after receiving proper notification, to attend (or send a designated alternate to attend) a regularly scheduled [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) meeting, or if the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) is determined by the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) to have substantially failed to fulfill the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2)’s responsibilities as a [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2).
  - (3) **Vacancies—** A vacancy in the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made under [subsection (a)](#a), except that the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) may fill the vacancy from a list of candidates previously submitted by the organization or organizations involved. Any [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the remainder of the term of the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2)’s predecessor.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 122, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2088; Pub. L. 110–336, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 2, 2008, 122 Stat. 3726.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 110–336 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text of par. (2) read as follows: “The Librarian shall have the authority to remove any member of the Board (or, in the case of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the organization that such member represents) if the member or organization over any consecutive 2-year period fails to attend at least one regularly scheduled Board meeting.”