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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 13

To reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. GREENWOOD, 

Mr. SOUDER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ISAKSON, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. OSBORNE, 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. ENGLISH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL

To reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, 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 ‘‘Museum and Library 

5 Services Act of 2003’’. 

6 TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 SEC. 101. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 202 of the Museum and Library Services Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 9101) is amended—
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1 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(1) DETERMINED TO BE OBSCENE.—The term 

4 ‘determined to be obscene’ means determined, in a 

5 final judgment of a court of record and of competent 

6 jurisdiction in the United States, to be obscene.’’; 

7 (2) by striking paragraph (4); 

8 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para9 graph (5); 

10 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(3) FINAL JUDGMENT.—The term ‘final judg13 ment’ means a judgment that is—

14 ‘‘(A) not reviewed by any other court that 

15 has authority to review such judgment; or 

16 ‘‘(B) is not reviewable by any other court. 

17 ‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 

18 means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized 

19 group or community, including any Alaska native 

20 village, regional corporation, or village corporation 

21 (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alas22 ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 

23 seq.)), which is recognized by the Secretary of the 

24 Interior as eligible for the special programs and 
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1 services provided by the United States to Indians be2 cause of their status as Indians.’’; and 

3 (5) by adding after paragraph (5) (as so redes4 ignated) the following: 

5 ‘‘(6) MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

6 BOARD.—The term ‘Museum and Library Services 

7 Board’ means the National Museum and Library 

8 Services Board established under section 207. 

9 ‘‘(7) OBSCENE.—The term ‘obscene’ means, 

10 with respect to a project, that—

11 ‘‘(A) the average person, applying contem12 porary community standards, would find that 

13 such project, when taken as a whole, appeals to 

14 the prurient interest; 

15 ‘‘(B) such project depicts or describes sex16 ual conduct in a patently offensive way; and 

17 ‘‘(C) such project, when taken as a whole, 

18 lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or sci19 entific value.’’. 

20 SEC. 102. INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. 

21 Section 203 of the Museum and Library Services Act 

22 (20 U.S.C. 9102) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b), by striking the last sen24 tence; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(c) MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD.—

2 There shall be a National Museum and Library Services 

3 Board within the Institute, as provided under section 

4 207.’’. 

5 SEC. 103. DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE. 

6 (a) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—Section 204(e) 

7 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 

8 9103(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘Where appropriate, the Director shall ensure that activi10 ties under subtitle B are coordinated with activities under 

11 section 1251 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6383).’’. 

13 (b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Section 204 of such 

14 Act (20 U.S.C. 9103) is amended by adding at the end 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Director may 

17 promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary 

18 and appropriate to implement the provisions of this title. 

19 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION PROCEDURES.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to 

21 receive financial assistance under this title, a person 

22 or agency shall submit an application in accordance 

23 with procedures established by the Director by regu24 lation. 
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1 ‘‘(2) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—The Director 

2 shall establish procedures for reviewing and evalu3 ating such applications. Such procedures shall not be 

4 subject to any review outside of the Institute. In es5 tablishing such procedures, the Director shall ensure 

6 that the criteria by which applications are evaluated 

7 are consistent with the purposes of this title, taking 

8 into consideration general standards of decency and 

9 respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the 

10 American public. 

11 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PROJECTS DETERMINED

12 TO BE OBSCENE.—

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The procedures de14 scribed in paragraph (2) shall include provisions 

15 that clearly specify that obscenity is without lit16 erary, artistic, political, or scientific merit, and 

17 is not protected speech. 

18 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No financial assist19 ance may be provided under this title with re20 spect to any project that is determined to be 

21 obscene. 

22 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF APPLICATION DIS23 APPROVAL.—The disapproval of an application

24 by the Director shall not be construed to mean, 

25 and shall not be considered as evidence that, 
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1 the project for which the applicant requested fi2 nancial assistance is or is not obscene.’’. 

3 SEC. 104. NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 

4 BOARD. 

5 The Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 

6 9101 et seq.) is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating section 207 as section 208; 

8 and 

9 (2) by inserting after section 206 the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 207. NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 

11 BOARD. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

13 Institute a board to be known as the ‘National Museum 

14 and Library Services Board’. 

15 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—

16 ‘‘(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Mu17 seum and Library Services Board shall be composed 

18 of the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) The Director. 

20 ‘‘(B) The Deputy Director for the Office of 

21 Library Services. 

22 ‘‘(C) The Deputy Director for the Office of 

23 Museum Services. 

24 ‘‘(D) 10 members appointed by the Presi25 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the 
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1 Senate, from among individuals who are citi2 zens of the United States and who are specially 

3 qualified in the area of library services by virtue 

4 of their education, training, or experience. 

5 ‘‘(E) 10 members appointed by the Presi6 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the 

7 Senate, from among individuals who are citi8 zens of the United States and who are specially 

9 qualified in the area of museum services by vir10 tue of their education, training, or experience. 

11 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS.—

12 ‘‘(A) LIBRARY MEMBERS.—Of the mem13 bers of the Museum and Library Services 

14 Board appointed under paragraph (1)(D)—

15 ‘‘(i) 5 shall be professional librarians 

16 or information specialists, of whom—

17 ‘‘(I) at least 1 shall be knowl18 edgeable about electronic information 

19 and technical aspects of library and 

20 information services and sciences; and 

21 ‘‘(II) and at least 1 other shall be 

22 knowledgeable about the library and 

23 information service needs of under24 served communities; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the remainder shall have special 

2 competence in, or knowledge of, the needs 

3 for library and information services in the 

4 United States. 

5 ‘‘(B) MUSEUM MEMBERS.—Of the mem6 bers of the Museum and Library Services 

7 Board appointed under paragraph (1)(E)—

8 ‘‘(i) 5 shall be museum professionals 

9 who are or have been affiliated with—

10 ‘‘(I) resources that, collectively, 

11 are broadly representative of the cura12 torial, conservation, educational, and 

13 cultural resources of the United 

14 States; or 

15 ‘‘(II) museums that, collectively, 

16 are broadly representative of various 

17 types of museums, including museums 

18 relating to science, history, tech19 nology, art, zoos, botanical gardens, 

20 and museums designed for children; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the remainder shall be individ23 uals recognized for their broad knowledge, 

24 expertise, or experience in museums or 

25 commitment to museums. 
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1 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC AND OTHER REPRESENTA2 TION.—Members of the Museum and Library Serv3 ices Board shall be appointed to reflect persons from 

4 various geographic regions of the United States. The 

5 Museum and Library Services Board may not in6 clude, at any time, more than 3 appointive members 

7 from a single State. In making such appointments, 

8 the President shall give due regard to equitable rep9 resentation of women, minorities, and persons with 

10 disabilities who are involved with museums and li11 braries. 

12 ‘‘(4) VOTING.—The Director, the Deputy Direc13 tor of the Office of Library Services, and the Deputy 

14 Director of the Office of Museum Services shall be 

15 nonvoting members of the Museum and Library 

16 Services Board. 

17 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro19 vided in this subsection, each member of the Mu20 seum and Library Services Board appointed under 

21 subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (b)(1) shall 

22 serve for a term of 5 years. 

23 ‘‘(2) INITIAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS.—

24 ‘‘(A) TREATMENT OF MEMBERS SERVING

25 ON EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding sub-
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1 section (b), each individual who is a member of 

2 the National Museum Services Board on the 

3 date of the enactment of the Museum and Li4 brary Services Act of 2003, may, at the individ5 ual’s election, complete the balance of the indi6 vidual’s term as a member of the Museum and 

7 Library Services Board. 

8 ‘‘(B) FIRST APPOINTMENTS.—Notwith9 standing subsection (b), any appointive vacancy 

10 in the initial membership of the Museum and 

11 Library Services Board existing after the appli12 cation of subparagraph (A), and any vacancy in 

13 such membership subsequently created by rea14 son of the expiration of the term of an indi15 vidual described in subparagraph (A), shall be 

16 filled by the appointment of a member de17 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(D). When the Mu18 seum and Library Services Board consists of an 

19 equal number of individuals who are specially 

20 qualified in the area of library services and in21 dividuals who are specially qualified in the area 

22 of museum services, this subparagraph shall 

23 cease to be effective and the board shall be ap24 pointed in accordance with subsection (b). 
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1 ‘‘(C) AUTHORITY TO ADJUST TERMS.—The 

2 terms of the first members appointed to the 

3 Museum and Library Service Board shall be ad4 justed by the President as necessary to ensure 

5 that the terms of not more than 4 members ex6 pire in the same year. Such adjustments shall 

7 be carried out through designation of the ad8 justed term at the time of appointment. 

9 ‘‘(3) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to 

10 fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the 

11 term for which the predecessor of the member was 

12 appointed. 

13 ‘‘(4) REAPPOINTMENT.—No appointive member 

14 of the Museum and Library Services Board who has 

15 been a member for more than 7 consecutive years 

16 shall be eligible for reappointment. 

17 ‘‘(5) SERVICE UNTIL SUCCESSOR TAKES OF18 FICE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

19 subsection, an appointive member of the Museum 

20 and Library Services Board shall serve after the ex21 piration of the term of the member until the suc22 cessor to the member takes office. 

23 ‘‘(d) DUTIES AND POWERS.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Museum and Library 

25 Services Board shall advise the Director on general 
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1 policies with respect to the duties, powers, and au2 thority of the Institute relating to museum and li3 brary services, including financial assistance award4 ed under this title. 

5 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL AWARDS.—The Museum and 

6 Library Services Board shall assist the Director in 

7 making awards under section 209. 

8 ‘‘(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director shall serve as 

9 Chairperson of the Museum and Library Services Board. 

10 ‘‘(f) MEETINGS.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Museum and Library 

12 Services Board shall meet not less than 2 times each 

13 year and at the call of the Director. 

14 ‘‘(2) VOTE.—All decisions by the Museum and 

15 Library Services Board with respect to the exercise 

16 of its duties and powers shall be made by a majority 

17 vote of the members of the Board who are present 

18 and authorized to vote. 

19 ‘‘(g) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting members of 

20 the Museum and Library Services Board shall constitute 

21 a quorum for the conduct of business at official meetings, 

22 but a lesser number of members may hold hearings. 

23 ‘‘(h) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—

24 ‘‘(1) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the 

25 Museum and Library Services Board who is not an 
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1 officer or employee of the Federal Government may 

2 be compensated at a rate to be fixed by the Presi3 dent, but not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 

4 maximum annual rate of pay authorized for a posi5 tion above grade GS–15 of the General Schedule 

6 under section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 for each day (including travel time) during which 

8 such member is engaged in the performance of the 

9 duties of the Museum and Library Services Board. 

10 Members of the Museum and Libraries Services 

11 Board who are full-time officers or employees of the 

12 Federal Government may not receive additional pay, 

13 allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on 

14 the Board. 

15 ‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the 

16 Museum and Library Services Board shall receive 

17 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist18 ence, in accordance with applicable provisions under 

19 subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

20 Code. 

21 ‘‘(i) COORDINATION.—The Director, with the advice 

22 of the Museum and Library Services Board, shall take 

23 steps to ensure that the policies and activities of the Insti24 tute are coordinated with other activities of the Federal 

25 Government.’’. 
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1 SEC. 105. AWARDS; ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF SERVICES. 

2 The Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 

3 9101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 208 

4 (as redesignated by section 104 of this Act) the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 209. AWARDS. 

6 ‘‘The Director, with the advice of the Museum and 

7 Library Services Board, may annually award National 

8 Awards for Library Service and National Awards for Mu9 seum Service to outstanding libraries and outstanding mu10 seums, respectively, that have made significant contribu11 tions in service to their communities. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 210. ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 

13 SERVICES. 

14 ‘‘From amounts described in sections 214(c) and 

15 275(b), the Director shall carry out and publish analyses 

16 of the impact of museum and library services. Such anal17 yses—

18 ‘‘(1) shall be conducted in ongoing consultation 

19 with—

20 ‘‘(A) State library administrative agencies; 

21 ‘‘(B) State, regional, and national library 

22 and museum organizations; and 

23 ‘‘(C) other relevant agencies and organiza24 tions;
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1 ‘‘(2) shall identify national needs for, and 

2 trends of, museum and library services provided with 

3 funds made available under subtitles B and C; 

4 ‘‘(3) shall report on the impact and effective5 ness of programs conducted with funds made avail6 able by the Institute in addressing such needs; and 

7 ‘‘(4) shall identify, and disseminate information 

8 on, the best practices of such programs to the agen9 cies and entities described in paragraph (1).’’. 

10 TITLE II—LIBRARY SERVICES 

11 AND TECHNOLOGY 

12 SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 

13 Section 212 of the Library Services and Technology 

14 Act (20 U.S.C. 9121) is amended by striking paragraphs 

15 (2) through (5) and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) to promote improvement in library services 

17 in all types of libraries in order to better serve the 

18 people of the United States; 

19 ‘‘(3) to facilitate access to resources in all types 

20 of libraries for the purpose of cultivating an edu21 cated and informed citizenry; and 

22 ‘‘(4) to encourage resource sharing among all 

23 types of libraries for the purpose of achieving eco24 nomical and efficient delivery of library services to 

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1 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 213 of the Library Services and Technology 

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 9122) is amended—

4 (1) by striking paragraph (1); and 

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

6 (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively. 

7 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 214 of the Library Services and Technology 

9 Act (20 U.S.C. 9123) is amended—

10 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap13 propriated to carry out this subtitle $210,000,000 for fis14 cal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for fis15 cal years 2005 through 2009.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘3.5 percent’’. 

18 SEC. 204. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS. 

19 Section 221(b)(3) of the Library Services and Tech20 nology Act (20 U.S.C. 9131(b)(3)) is amended to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 

24 subsection, the minimum allotment for each 

25 State shall be $340,000, except that the min26 imum allotment shall be $40,000 in the case of 
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1 the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer2 ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North3 ern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar4 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micro5 nesia, and the Republic of Palau. 

6 ‘‘(B) RATABLE REDUCTIONS.—Notwith7 standing subparagraph (A), if the sum appro8 priated under the authority of section 214 and 

9 not reserved under subsection (a) for any fiscal 

10 year is insufficient to fully satisfy the require11 ment of subparagraph (A), each of the min12 imum allotments under such subparagraph shall 

13 be reduced ratably. 

14 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

16 subparagraph (A), if the sum appropriated 

17 under the authority of section 214 and not 

18 reserved under subsection (a) for any fiscal 

19 year exceeds the aggregate of the allot20 ments for all States under this subsection 

21 for fiscal year 2003—

22 ‘‘(I) the minimum allotment for 

23 each State otherwise receiving a min24 imum allotment of $340,000 under 
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1 subparagraph (A) shall be increased 

2 to $680,000; and 

3 ‘‘(II) the minimum allotment for 

4 each State otherwise receiving a min5 imum allotment of $40,000 under 

6 subparagraph (A) shall be increased 

7 to $60,000. 

8 ‘‘(ii) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO AWARD

9 ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM.—If the sum ap10 propriated under the authority of section 

11 214 and not reserved under subsection (a) 

12 for any fiscal year exceeds the aggregate of 

13 the allotments for all States under this 

14 subsection for fiscal year 2003 yet is insuf15 ficient to fully satisfy the requirement of 

16 clause (i), such excess amount shall first 

17 be allotted among the States described in 

18 clause (i)(I) so as to increase equally the 

19 minimum allotment for each such State 

20 above $340,000. After the requirement of 

21 clause (i)(I) is fully satisfied for any fiscal 

22 year, any remainder of such excess amount 

23 shall be allotted among the States de24 scribed in clause (i)(II) so as to increase 
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1 equally the minimum allotment for each 

2 such State above $40,000. 

3 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE.—

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

5 any other provision of this subsection and 

6 using funds allotted for the Republic of the 

7 Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 

8 Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau 

9 under this subsection, the Director shall 

10 award grants to the United States Virgin 

11 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Com12 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Is13 lands, the Republic of the Marshall Is14 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 

15 or the Republic of Palau to carry out ac16 tivities described in this subtitle in accord17 ance with the provisions of this subtitle 

18 that the Director determines are not incon19 sistent with this subparagraph. 

20 ‘‘(ii) AWARD BASIS.—The Director 

21 shall award grants pursuant to clause (i) 

22 on a competitive basis and pursuant to rec23 ommendations from the Pacific Region 

24 Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Ha25 waii. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

2 Director may provide not more than 5 per3 cent of the funds made available for grants 

4 under this subparagraph to pay the admin5 istrative costs of the Pacific Region Edu6 cational Laboratory regarding activities as7 sisted under this subparagraph.’’. 

8 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

9 Section 224 of the Library Services and Technology 

10 Act (20 U.S.C. 9134) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘not later 

12 than April 1, 1997.’’ and inserting ‘‘once every 5 

13 years, as determined by the Director.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (f)—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ each place such 

16 term appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1934,’’ 

18 and all that follows through ‘‘Act, may’’ and in19 serting ‘‘1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(6)) may’’; and 

20 (C) in paragraph (7)—

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by striking ‘‘section:’’ and in23 serting ‘‘subsection:’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

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1 SEC. 206. GRANTS TO STATES. 

2 Section 231 of the Library Services and Technology 

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 9141) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs 

5 (1) and (2) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) expanding services for learning and access 

7 to information and educational resources in a variety 

8 of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals 

9 of all ages; 

10 ‘‘(2) developing library services that provide all 

11 users access to information through local, State, re12 gional, national, and international electronic net13 works; 

14 ‘‘(3) providing electronic and other linkages 

15 among and between all types of libraries; 

16 ‘‘(4) developing public and private partnerships 

17 with other agencies and community-based organiza18 tions; 

19 ‘‘(5) targeting library services to individuals of 

20 diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic back21 grounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to indi22 viduals with limited functional literacy or informa23 tion skills; and 

24 ‘‘(6) targeting library and information services 

25 to persons having difficulty using a library and to 

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1 children (from birth through age 17) from families 

2 with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by 

3 the Office of Management and Budget and revised 

4 annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the 

5 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size in7 volved.’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘between the 

9 two purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

10 such subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘among such pur11 poses,’’. 

12 SEC. 207. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR 

13 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 

14 Section 262(a)(1) of the Library Services and Tech15 nology Act (20 U.S.C. 9162(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘education and training’’ and inserting ‘‘education, re17 cruitment, and training’’. 

18 TITLE III—MUSEUM SERVICES 

19 SEC. 301. PURPOSE. 

20 Section 271 of the Museum and Library Services Act 

21 (20 U.S.C. 9171) is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘SEC. 271. PURPOSE. 

23 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle—

24 ‘‘(1) to encourage and support museums in car25 rying out their public service role of connecting the 
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1 whole of society to the cultural, artistic, historical, 

2 natural, and scientific understandings that con3 stitute our heritage; 

4 ‘‘(2) to encourage and support museums in car5 rying out their educational role, as core providers of 

6 learning and in conjunction with schools, families, 

7 and communities; 

8 ‘‘(3) to encourage leadership, innovation, and 

9 applications of the most current technologies and 

10 practices to enhance museum services; 

11 ‘‘(4) to assist, encourage, and support museums 

12 in carrying out their stewardship responsibilities to 

13 achieve the highest standards in conservation and 

14 care of the cultural, historic, natural, and scientific 

15 heritage of the United States to benefit future gen16 erations; 

17 ‘‘(5) to assist, encourage, and support museums 

18 in achieving the highest standards of management 

19 and service to the public, and to ease the financial 

20 burden borne by museums as a result of their in21 creasing use by the public; and 

22 ‘‘(6) to support resource sharing and partner23 ships among museums, libraries, schools, and other 

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1 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 272(1) of the Museum and Library Services 

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 9172(1)) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: ‘‘Such term includes aquariums, arbore5 tums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s muse6 ums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history 

7 museums, nature centers, natural history and anthro8 pology museums, planetariums, science and technology 

9 centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks.’’. 

10 SEC. 303. MUSEUM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 

11 Section 273 of the Museum and Library Services Act 

12 (20 U.S.C. 9173) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 273. MUSEUM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, subject to the pol15 icy advice of the Museum and Library Services Board, 

16 may enter into arrangements, including grants, contracts, 

17 cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance to 

18 museums and other entities as the Director considers ap19 propriate, to pay for the Federal share of the cost—

20 ‘‘(1) to support museums in providing learning 

21 and access to collections, information, and edu22 cational resources in a variety of formats (including 

23 exhibitions, programs, publications, and websites) 

24 for individuals of all ages; 

25 ‘‘(2) to support museums in building learning 

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1 oping museum resources and programs in support of 

2 State and local school curricula; 

3 ‘‘(3) to support museums in assessing, con4 serving, researching, maintaining, and exhibiting 

5 their collections, and in providing educational pro6 grams to the public through the use of their collec7 tions; 

8 ‘‘(4) to stimulate greater collaboration among 

9 museums, libraries, schools, and other community 

10 organizations in order to share resources and 

11 strengthen communities; 

12 ‘‘(5) to encourage the use of new technologies 

13 and broadcast media to enhance access to museum 

14 collections, programs, and services; 

15 ‘‘(6) to support museums in providing services 

16 to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socio17 economic backgrounds and to individuals with dis18 abilities; 

19 ‘‘(7) to support museums in developing and car20 rying out specialized programs for specific segments 

21 of the public, such as programs for urban neighbor22 hoods, rural areas, Indian reservations, and State 

23 institutions; 

24 ‘‘(8) to support professional development and 

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1 operations at all levels, in order to ensure the high2 est standards in all aspects of museum operations; 

3 ‘‘(9) to support museums in research, program 

4 evaluation, and the collection and dissemination of 

5 information to museum professionals and the public; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(10) to encourage, support, and disseminate 

8 model programs of museum and library collabora9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—

11 ‘‘(1) 50 PERCENT.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), the Federal share described in subsection 

13 (a) shall be not more than 50 percent. 

14 ‘‘(2) GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT.—The Direc15 tor may use not more than 20 percent of the funds 

16 made available under this subtitle for a fiscal year 

17 to enter into arrangements under subsection (a) for 

18 which the Federal share may be greater than 50 

19 percent. 

20 ‘‘(3) OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.—No funds for 

21 operational expenses may be provided under this sec22 tion to any entity that is not a museum. 

23 ‘‘(c) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

25 procedures for reviewing and evaluating arrange-
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1 ments described in subsection (a) entered into under 

2 this subtitle. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS FOR TECHNICAL ASSIST4 ANCE.—

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may use 

6 up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated to 

7 carry out this subtitle for technical assistance 

8 awards. 

9 ‘‘(B) INDIVIDUAL MUSEUMS.—Individual 

10 museums may receive not more than 3 technical 

11 assistance awards under subparagraph (A), but 

12 subsequent awards for technical assistance shall 

13 be subject to review outside the Institute. 

14 ‘‘(d) SERVICES FOR NATIVE AMERICANS.—From 

15 amounts appropriated under section 275, the Director 

16 shall reserve 1.75 percent to award grants to, or enter into 

17 contracts or cooperative agreements with, Indian tribes 

18 and organizations that primarily serve and represent Na19 tive Hawaiians (as defined in section 7207 of the Native

20 Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7517)), to enable 

21 such tribes and organizations to carry out the activities 

22 described in subsection (a).’’. 

23 SEC. 304. REPEALS. 

24 Sections 274 and 275 of the Museum and Library 

25 Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9174 and 9175) are repealed.
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1 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 276 of the Museum and Library Services Act 

3 (20 U.S.C. 9176)—

4 (1) is redesignated as section 275 of such Act; 

5 and 

6 (2) is amended, in subsection (a), by striking 

7 ‘‘$28,700,000 for the fiscal year 1997, and such 

8 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 

9 years 1998 through 2002.’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as 

11 may be necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 

12 2009.’’. 

13 SEC. 306. SHORT TITLE. 

14 Subtitle C of the Museum and Library Services Act 

15 (20 U.S..C. 9171 et seq.) is amended—

16 (1) by redesignating sections 271 through 273 

17 as sections 272 through 274, respectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after the subtitle heading the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 271. SHORT TITLE. 

21 ‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Museum Services 

22 Act’.’’. 
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1 TITLE IV—TECHNICAL CORREC2 TIONS; REPEALS; EFFECTIVE 

3 DATE 

4 SEC. 401. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

5 (a) TITLE HEADING.—The title heading for the Mu6 seum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.) 

7 is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘TITLE II—MUSEUM AND 

9 LIBRARY SERVICES’’. 

10 (b) SUBTITLE A HEADING.—The subtitle heading for 

11 subtitle A of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 

12 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions’’. 

14 (c) SUBTITLE B HEADING.—The subtitle heading for 

15 subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 

16 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘Subtitle B—Library Services and 

18 Technology’’. 

19 (d) SUBTITLE C HEADING.—The subtitle heading for 

20 subtitle C of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 

21 U.S.C. 9171 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘Subtitle C—Museum Services’’. 

23 (e) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 208 of the Museum 

24 and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9106) (as redesig25 nated by section 104 of this Act) is amended by striking 
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1 ‘‘property of services’’ and inserting ‘‘property or serv2 ices’’. 

3 (f) STATE PLAN CONTENTS.—Section 224(b)(5) of 

4 the Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 

5 9134(b)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

6 (g) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS, CONTRACTS, 

7 OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 262(b)(1) of 

8 the Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 

9 9162(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘cooperative agree10 ments, with,’’ and inserting ‘‘cooperative agreements 

11 with,’’. 

12 SEC. 402. REPEALS. 

13 (a) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND IN14 FORMATION SCIENCE ACT.—Section 5 of the National 

15 Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act (20 

16 U.S.C. 1504) is amended by striking subsections (b) and 

17 (c) and redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as sub18 sections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. 

19 (b) MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT OF

20 1996.—Sections 704 through 707 of the Museum and Li21 brary Services Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 9102 note, 9103 

22 note, and 9105 note) are repealed. 

23 SEC. 403. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

24 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

25 on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the 
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1 amendments made by sections 203, 204, and 305 shall 

2 take effect on October 1, 2003.

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