36 U.S.C. § 152403 — Board of directors

(a) General — The board of directors runs the corporation. (b) Members and Appointment — The Librarian of Congress is a nonvoting member of the board. Within 90 days after this chapter becomes law, the Librarian must appoint the board's directors. The board has 12 directors, and each one must be a U.S. citizen. At least 8 of them must know about or have experience in producing, distributing, preserving, or restoring sound recordings — and two of those 8 must currently sit on the National Recording Preservation Board. As much as practical, those 8 directors should represent different viewpoints from within the sound-recording community. A director is not a Library of Congress employee, and being a director does not count as being a U.S. government officer or employee under any federal law. Directors serve four-year terms. If a seat becomes vacant, it gets filled the same way the original appointment was made. (c) Chair — The Librarian appoints one director to be the board's first chair, for a two-year term. After that, the corporation's bylaws control how the chair is appointed and removed. (d) Quorum — The bylaws decide how many directors must be present to have a quorum — the minimum number needed to conduct business. (e) Meetings — The Librarian calls the board together for regularly scheduled meetings. (f) Reimbursement of Expenses — Directors do not get paid for their work. But they can be reimbursed for travel expenses, including a daily allowance instead of actual costs, under sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5. (g) Liability of Directors — Directors are not personally liable for what the corporation does, unless they are grossly negligent.