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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5264 

To expand the uses of certain revolving funds of the Library of Congress 

and to clarify the authority of the Library of Congress to accept gifts 

and bequests. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2016 

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

to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To expand the uses of certain revolving funds of the Library 

of Congress and to clarify the authority of the Library 

of Congress to accept gifts and bequests. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EXPANDING USES OF CERTAIN LIBRARY OF 

4 CONGRESS REVOLVING FUNDS. 

5 (a) NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION CEN6 TER FUND.—Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fis7 cal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a) 

8 is amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DUPLICA2 TION’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘duplication and delivery 

5 services provided by the Librarian’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘the following programs and activities of 

7 the Librarian’’; 

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

9 inserting a colon; and 

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

11 paragraphs: 

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

13 preservation of audiovisual materials and associated 

14 collections. 

15 ‘‘(2) Storage, inspection, and delivery of audio16 visual materials and associated collections.’’. 

17 (b) REVOLVING FUND FOR GIFT SHOP AND RE18 LATED SERVICES.—Section 102 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

19 182b) is amended— 

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

21 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘SALES AND

22 OTHER SERVICES’’; and 

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

24 following new paragraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition mate2 rials. 

3 ‘‘(6) Training.’’. 

4 (c) INCLUSION OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN

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

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

7 Government,’’ the following: ‘‘tribal governments (as de8 fined in section 502(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States 

9 Code),’’. 

10 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO ACCEPT 

11 GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 

12 (a) EXPANDING TYPES OF GIFTS THAT MAY BE AC13 CEPTED.—The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 

14 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Con15 gress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, ap16 proved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 

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

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

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

20 States and in the interest of the Library, its collec21 tions, or its service gifts or bequests of personal 

22 property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and un23 compensated personal services, or money for imme24 diate disbursement.’’; 


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

2 money’’ after ‘‘bequests’’; and 

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

4 them’’ and inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest, or pro5 ceeds’’. 

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

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

8 U.S.C. 160) is amended by inserting after the first sen9 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a gift 

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

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

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