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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1505

To make technical and conforming amendments to the Museum and Library

Services Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 9, 1997

Mr. JEFFORDS introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered,

read the third time, and passed

A BILL

To make technical and conforming amendments to 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 Technical and Conforming Amendments of

6 1997’’.

7 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.

8 Section 206 of the Museum and Library Services Act

9 (20 U.S.C. 9105 et seq.) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub2 section (c); and

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF TECH6 NICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

8 the Director may appoint without regard to the pro9 visions of title 5, United States Code, governing the

10 appointment in the competitive service and may

11 compensate without regard to the provisions of chap12 ter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title

13 (relating to the classification and General Schedule

14 pay rates), such technical and professional employ15 ees as the Director determines to be necessary to

16 carry out the duties of the Institute.

17 ‘‘(2) NUMBER AND COMPENSATION.—The num18 ber of employees appointed and compensated under

paragraph (1) shall not exceed 1 19 ⁄5 of the number of

20 full-time regular or professional employees of the In21 stitute. The rate of basic compensation for the em22 ployees appointed and compensated under paragraph

23 (1) may not exceed the rate prescribed for level GS–

24 15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of

25 title 5.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. SPECIAL LIBRARIES.

2 Section 213(2)(E) of the Museum and Library Serv3 ices Act (20 U.S.C. 9122(2)(E)) is amended—

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘or other special library’’ after

5 ‘‘a private library’’; and

6 (2) by inserting ‘‘or special’’ after ‘‘such pri7 vate’’.

8 SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS.

9 Section 221(a)(1) of the Museum and Library Serv10 ices Act (20 U.S.C. 9131(a)(1)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘11 11 ⁄2 per12 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.75 percent’’; and

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘4 per14 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘3.75 percent’’.

15 SEC. 5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

16 The second sentence of section 223(c)(1)(A)(i) of the

17 Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.

18 9133(c)(1)(A)(i)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The

19 amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal

20 year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a frac21 tion—

22 ‘‘(I) the numerator of which is

23 the result obtained by subtracting the

24 level of such State expenditures for

25 the fiscal year for which the deter26 mination is made, from the average of
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1 the total level of such State expendi2 tures for the 3 fiscal years preceding

3 the fiscal year for which the deter4 mination is made; and

5 ‘‘(II) the denominator of which is

6 the average of the total level of such

7 State expenditures for the 3 fiscal

8 years preceding the fiscal year for

9 which the determination is made.’’.

10 SEC. 6. SERVICE TO INDIAN TRIBES.

11 Section 261 of the Museum and Library Services Act

12 (20 U.S.C. 9161) is amended—

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INDIAN

14 TRIBES’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIVE AMERICANS’’;

15 and

16 (2) by striking ‘‘to organizations’’ and all that

17 follows through ‘‘such organizations’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘to Indian tribes and to organizations that primarily

19 serve and represent Native Hawaiians (as the term

20 is defined in section 9212 of the Native Hawaiian

21 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7912) to enable such

22 tribes and organizations’’.

23 SEC. 7. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.

24 Section 262 of the Museum and Library Services Act

25 (20 U.S.C. 9162) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘NA2 TIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS’’

3 and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS,

4 CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS’’;

5 (2) in subsection (a)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘program awarding na7 tional leadership grants or contracts’’ and in8 serting ‘‘program of awarding grants or enter9 ing into contracts or cooperative agreements’’;

10 and

11 (B) by striking ‘‘Such grants or contracts’’

12 and inserting ‘‘Such grants, contracts, and co13 operative agreements’’;

14 (3) in subsection (b)—

15 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘(b)

16 GRANTS OR CONTRACTS’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)

17 GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE

18 AGREEMENTS’’;

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or co20 operative agreements,’’ after ‘‘contracts’’; and

21 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Grants

22 and contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘Grants, con23 tracts, and cooperative agreements’’.
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1 SEC. 8. CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.

2 Section 262(a)(3) of the Museum and Library Serv3 ices Act (20 U.S.C. 9162(a)(3)) is amended by striking

4 ‘‘preservation of digitization’’ and inserting ‘‘preserving or

5 digitization’’.

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