---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 151701"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "151701"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/151701"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1517 — National Film Preservation Foundation"
---

# §151701. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** National Film Preservation Foundation (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Nature of Corporation.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is a charitable and nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government.
- (c) **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has perpetual existence.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1404.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 151701(a) | 36:5701(a) (1st sentence). | Oct. 11, 1996, Pub. L. 104–285, title II, §§ 202(a), 204(a)(1), 110 Stat. 3382, 3384. |
| 151701(b) | 36:5701(a) (last sentence). |  |
| 151701(c) | 36:5703(a)(1). |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for “There is established the National Film Preservation Foundation (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Foundation’)” for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (c), the words “Except as otherwise provided” are added, and the word “existence” is substituted for “succession”, for consistency in the revised title.