---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1723"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1723"
heading: "Service of members; meetings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1723"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress"
  - "Subchapter III — National Recording Preservation Board"
---

# §1723. Service of members; meetings

- (a) **Reimbursement of expenses—** [Members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall serve without pay, but may receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5.
- (b) **Conflict of interest—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall establish rules and procedures to address any potential conflict of interest between a [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) and responsibilities of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2).
- (c) **Meetings—** The [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall meet at least once each fiscal year. Meetings shall be at the call of the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1).
- (d) **Quorum—** Eleven [members](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 123, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2089.)