2 U.S.C. § 179q — Seal of National Film Registry

(a) Use of seal (1) Prohibition on distribution and exhibition: no one may knowingly distribute or show to the public any film copy, in any format, that carries the seal described in section 179m(a)(3), if the film either (A) is not in the National Film Registry, or (B) is in the Registry but that particular copy has not been approved for the seal by the Librarian under section 179m(a)(1)(D). (2) Prohibition on promotion: no one may knowingly use the seal to promote any version of a film other than the actual Registry version. (b) Effective date of seal The seal takes effect for a film once the Librarian publishes that film's name in the Federal Register, as required under section 179m(a)(2), as being selected for the National Film Registry.