Pub. L. 108-81, tit. I, sec. 101

GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

EnactedYear: 2003Length: 270 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 101. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. Section 202 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101) is amended—(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:“(1) Determined to be obscene.—The term ‘determined to be obscene’ means determined, in a final judgment of a court of record and of competent jurisdiction in the United States, to be obscene.”;(2) by striking paragraph (4);(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:“(3) Final judgment.—The term ‘final judgment’ means a judgment that is—“(A) not reviewed by any other court that has authority to review such judgment; or“(B) not reviewable by any other court.“(4) Indian tribe.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.”; and(5) by adding at the end the following:“(6) Museum and library services board.—The term ‘Museum and Library Services Board’ means the National Museum and Library Services Board established under section 207.“(7) Obscene.—The term ‘obscene’ means, with respect to a project, that—“(A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that such project, when taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;“(B) such project depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and“(C) such project, when taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”.
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