36 U.S.C. § 151703 — Board of directors

(a) General. The board of directors is the corporation's governing body. (b) Members and Appointment. (1) The Librarian of Congress is a nonvoting, ex officio member of the board, and the Librarian appoints the board's other directors. (2) The board has 12 directors. Each director must be a United States citizen. At least six directors must know or have experience in film production, distribution, preservation, or restoration, including two who currently sit on the National Film Preservation Board. As much as possible, these six directors should represent different viewpoints from the film world — including movie producers, creative artists, nonprofit and public archivists, historians, film critics, theater owners, and lab and university staff. (3) Being a director does not make someone an employee of the Library of Congress, and it does not count as being appointed a federal officer or employee under any law. (4) Directors serve 4-year terms, and there is no limit on how many terms a person can serve. (5) If a seat on the board opens up, it must be filled within 120 days, using the same method used for the original appointment. (c) Chair. The Librarian appoints one director to be the board's first chair, for a 2-year term. After that, the bylaws control how the chair is appointed and removed. (d) Quorum. A majority of the board's current members counts as a quorum. (e) Meetings. The board must meet at least once a year, whenever the Librarian or the chair calls a meeting. If a director misses three regularly scheduled meetings in a row, the Librarian can remove that director from the board, and the empty seat gets filled the same way as any other vacancy. (f) Compensation and Reimbursement. Directors do not get paid for serving. But they can be reimbursed for actual, necessary travel and living expenses they spend while doing board work. (g) Liability of Directors. Directors are not personally liable for the corporation's actions — unless they are grossly negligent.