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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1505

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 12, 1997

Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

AN ACT

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.

2 Section 206 of the Museum and Library Services Act

3 (20 U.S.C. 9105 et seq.) is amended—

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub5 section (c); and

6 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow7 ing:

8 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF TECH9 NICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—

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

11 the Director may appoint without regard to the pro12 visions of title 5, United States Code, governing the

13 appointment in the competitive service and may

14 compensate without regard to the provisions of chap15 ter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title

16 (relating to the classification and General Schedule

17 pay rates), such technical and professional employ18 ees as the Director determines to be necessary to

19 carry out the duties of the Institute.

20 ‘‘(2) NUMBER AND COMPENSATION.—The num21 ber of employees appointed and compensated under

paragraph (1) shall not exceed 1 22 ⁄5 of the number of

23 full-time regular or professional employees of the In24 stitute. The rate of basic compensation for the em25 ployees appointed and compensated under paragraph

26 (1) may not exceed the rate prescribed for level GS–
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1 15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of

2 title 5.’’.

3 SEC. 3. SPECIAL LIBRARIES.

4 Section 213(2)(E) of the Museum and Library Serv5 ices Act (20 U.S.C. 9122(2)(E)) is amended—

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

7 ‘‘a private library’’; and

8 (2) by inserting ‘‘or special’’ after ‘‘such pri9 vate’’.

10 SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS.

11 Section 221(a)(1) of the Museum and Library Serv12 ices Act (20 U.S.C. 9131(a)(1)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘11 13 ⁄2 per14 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.75 percent’’; and

15 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘4 per16 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘3.75 percent’’.

17 SEC. 5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

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

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

20 9133(c)(1)(A)(i)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The

21 amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal

22 year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a frac23 tion—

24 ‘‘(I) the numerator of which is

25 the result obtained by subtracting the
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1 level of such State expenditures for

2 the fiscal year for which the deter3 mination is made, from the average of

4 the total level of such State expendi5 tures for the 3 fiscal years preceding

6 the fiscal year for which the deter7 mination is made; and

8 ‘‘(II) the denominator of which is

9 the average of the total level of such

10 State expenditures for the 3 fiscal

11 years preceding the fiscal year for

12 which the determination is made.’’.

13 SEC. 6. SERVICE TO INDIAN TRIBES.

14 Section 261 of the Museum and Library Services Act

15 (20 U.S.C. 9161) is amended—

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

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

18 and

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

20 follows through ‘‘such organizations’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘to Indian tribes and to organizations that primarily

22 serve and represent Native Hawaiians (as the term

23 is defined in section 9212 of the Native Hawaiian

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

25 tribes and organizations’’.
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1 SEC. 7. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.

2 Section 262 of the Museum and Library Services Act

3 (20 U.S.C. 9162) is amended—

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘NA5 TIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS’’

6 and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS,

7 CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS’’;

8 (2) in subsection (a)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘program awarding na10 tional leadership grants or contracts’’ and in11 serting ‘‘program of awarding grants or enter12 ing into contracts or cooperative agreements’’;

13 and

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

15 and inserting ‘‘Such grants, contracts, and co16 operative agreements’’;

17 (3) in subsection (b)—

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

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

20 GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE

21 AGREEMENTS;’’ and

22 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or co23 operative agreements,’’ after ‘‘contracts’’; and

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

25 and contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘Grants, con26 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’’.

Passed the Senate November 9, 1997.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.