I 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4093 

To revise certain administrative and management authorities of the Librarian 

of Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2015 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To revise certain administrative and management authorities 

of the Librarian of Congress, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Library of Congress 

5 Administrative Reform Act of 2015’’. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

2 

•HR 4093 IH

1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR 

2 THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 

3 TO PROVIDE PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT IN ALL 

4 FORMATS. 

5 The first sentence of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro6 vide books for the adult blind’’, approved March 3, 1931 

7 (2 U.S.C. 135a), is amended by striking ‘‘and for pur8 chase, maintenance, and replacement of reproducers for 

9 such sound-reproduction recordings’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

10 for purchase, maintenance, and replacement of repro11 ducers for any such forms’’. 

12 SEC. 3. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL COLLECTION 

13 STEWARDSHIP FUND. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 

15 the Treasury of the United States, as an account for the 

16 Librarian of Congress, the ‘‘Library of Congress National 

17 Collection Stewardship Fund’’ (hereafter in this section 

18 referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

19 (b) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 

20 the following amounts: 

21 (1) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 

22 Librarian from amounts appropriated for any fiscal 

23 year for the Library of Congress under the heading 

24 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

25 (2) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 

26 Architect of the Capitol from amounts appropriated 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

3 

•HR 4093 IH

1 for any fiscal year for the Architect of the Capitol 

2 under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress Buildings 

3 and Grounds’’. 

4 (3) Such amounts as may be appropriated to 

5 the Fund under law. 

6 (c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund may 

7 be used by the Librarian as follows: 

8 (1) The Librarian may use amounts directly for 

9 the purpose of preparing collection materials of the 

10 Library of Congress for long-term storage. 

11 (2) The Librarian may transfer amounts to the 

12 Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of designing, 

13 constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping col14 lections preservation and storage facilities for the Li15 brary of Congress, or for the purpose of acquiring 

16 real property by lease for the preservation and stor17 age of Library of Congress collections in accordance 

18 with section 1102 of the Legislative Branch Appro19 priations Act, 2009 (2 U.S.C. 1823a). 

20 (d) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any 

21 amounts in the Fund shall remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

24 the end of each fiscal year, the Librarian and the Architect 

25 of the Capitol shall submit a joint report on the Fund to 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

4 

•HR 4093 IH

1 the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate. 

4 (f) INITIAL 5-YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 6 months 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Librarian 

6 shall submit to the Joint Committee on the Library and 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate a report providing a plan for 

9 expenditures from the Fund for the first 5 fiscal years 

10 of the Fund’s operation. 

11 SEC. 4. EXPANDING USES OF CERTAIN REVOLVING FUNDS. 

12 (a) NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION CEN13 TER FUND.—Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fis14 cal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DUPLICA17 TION’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘duplication and delivery 

20 services provided by the Librarian’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘the following programs and activities of 

22 the Librarian’’; 

23 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

24 inserting a colon; and 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

5 

•HR 4093 IH

1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(1) Services related to the duplication and 

4 preservation of audiovisual materials and associated 

5 collections. 

6 ‘‘(2) Storage, inspection, and delivery of audio7 visual materials and associated collections.’’. 

8 (b) REVOLVING FUND FOR GIFT SHOP AND RE9 LATED SERVICES.—Section 102 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

10 182b) is amended— 

11 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GIFT SHOP’’ 

12 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘SALES AND

13 OTHER SERVICES’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

15 following new paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition mate17 rials. 

18 ‘‘(6) Training.’’. 

19 (c) INCLUSION OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN

20 FEDLINK PROGRAM.—Section 103(f)(1) of such Act (2 

21 U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Federal 

22 Government,’’ the following: ‘‘tribal governments (as de23 fined in section 502(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States 

24 Code),’’. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

6 

•HR 4093 IH

1 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 

2 (a) EXPANDING TYPES OF GIFTS THAT MAY BE AC3 CEPTED.—The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 

4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Con5 gress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, ap6 proved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 

7 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘in the 

8 name of the United States’’ and all that follows and 

9 inserting the following: ‘‘in the name of the United 

10 States and in the interest of the Library, its collec11 tions, or its service gifts or bequests of personal 

12 property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and un13 compensated personal services, or money for imme14 diate disbursement.’’; 

15 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘of 

16 money’’ after ‘‘bequests’’; and 

17 (3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘enter 

18 them’’ and inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest, or pro19 ceeds’’. 

20 (b) TREATMENT OF GIFTS OF SECURITIES.—The 

21 first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of such Act (2 

22 U.S.C. 160) is amended by inserting after the first sen23 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a gift 

24 of securities, the Librarian shall sell the gift and provide 

25 the donor with a receipt from the proceeds of the sale.’’. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

7 

•HR 4093 IH

1 SEC. 6. CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF RETURNING MEM2 BERS OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LI3 BRARY AT BEGINNING OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning 

6 on the first day of a Congress and ending on the 

7 date described in paragraph (2), any Member of 

8 Congress who served as a member of the Joint Com9 mittee on the Library during the previous Congress 

10 shall continue to serve as a member of the Joint 

11 Committee. 

12 (2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in 

13 this paragraph is, with respect to a Congress— 

14 (A) in the case of a Member of Congress 

15 who is a Member of the House of Representa16 tives, the date on which Members of the House 

17 are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee 

18 for the Congress; and 

19 (B) in the case of a Member of Congress 

20 who is a Senator, the date on which Senators 

21 are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee 

22 for the Congress. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The final undesig24 nated paragraph under the heading ‘‘Senate.’’ in section 

25 2 of the Act of March 3, 1883 (chapter 141; 22 Stat. 592) 

26 (2 U.S.C. 133), is hereby repealed. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

8 

•HR 4093 IH

1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend2 ment made by this section shall apply with respect to the 

3 One Hundred Fifteenth Congress and each succeeding 

4 Congress. 

5 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

6 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

7 apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding 

8 fiscal year. 

Æ 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS