ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF FOUNDATION.

SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF FOUNDATION. (a) Establishment.— There is established the National Film Preservation Foundation (hereafter in this title referred to as the “Foundation”). The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States. (b) Purposes.— The purposes of the Foundation are— 110 STAT. 3383 (1) to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts to promote and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of the nation’s film heritage held at the Library of Congress and other public and nonprofit archives throughout the United States; (2) to further the goals of the Library of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board in connection with their activities under the National Film Preservation Act of 1996; and (3) to undertake and conduct other activities, alone or in cooperation with other film related institutions and organizations, as will further the preservation and public accessibility of films made in the United States, particularly those not protected by private interests, for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.