---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1724"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1724"
heading: "Responsibilities of Board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1724"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress"
  - "Subchapter III — National Recording Preservation Board"
---

# §1724. Responsibilities of Board

- (a) **Review and recommendation of nominations for National Recording Registry—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall review nominations of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) submitted to it for inclusion in the National Recording Registry and advise the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1), as provided in subchapter I, with respect to the inclusion of such recordings in the Registry and the preservation of these and other [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
  - (2) **Source of nominations—** The [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall consider for inclusion in the National Recording Registry nominations submitted by the general public as well as representatives of [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) archives and the [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) industry (such as the guilds and societies representing [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) artists) and other creative artists.
- (b) **Study and report on sound recording preservation and restoration—** The [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) shall conduct a study and issue a report on the following issues:
  - (1) The current [state](/usc/2/4556.md?p=1) of [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) archiving, preservation and restoration activities.
  - (2) Taking into account the research and other activities carried out by or on behalf of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at Culpeper, Virginia—
    - (A) the methodology and standards needed to make the transition from analog “open reel” preservation of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) to digital preservation of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3); and
    - (B) standards for access to preserved [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) by researchers, educators, and other interested parties.
  - (3) The establishment of clear standards for copying old [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) (including equipment specifications and equalization guidelines).
  - (4) Current laws and restrictions regarding the use of archives of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3), including recommendations for changes in such laws and restrictions to enable the Library of Congress and other nonprofit institutions in the field of [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) preservation to make their collections available to researchers in a digital format.
  - (5) Copyright and other laws applicable to the preservation of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 124, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2089.)