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Union Calendar No. 86 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2728 

[Report No. 111–170] 

To provide financial support for the operation of the law library of the 

Library of Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

JUNE 19, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To provide financial support for the operation of the law 

library of the Library 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 ‘‘William Orton Law 

5 Library Improvement and Modernization Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LAW LIBRARY OF LI2 BRARY OF CONGRESS. 

3 (a) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—In addition to any other 

4 amounts made available for the salaries and expenses of 

5 the Library of Congress, there are authorized to be appro6 priated to the Librarian of Congress $3,500,000 for main7 taining and administering the operations of the law library 

8 of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of 

9 the collections of the law library. Any amounts appro10 priated pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall 

11 remain available without fiscal year limitation until ex12 pended. 

13 (b) ELECTRONIC CATALOGING OF NONPROPRIETARY

14 MATERIAL.—To the extent practicable, in using any funds 

15 appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) 

16 to catalog and archive nonproprietary material in the col17 lections of the Law Library after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the Law Librarian of Congress shall 

19 catalog and archive the material electronically in a non20 proprietary and nondiscriminatory format. Nothing in the 

21 previous sentence may be construed to affect any cata22 loging and archiving activities carried out with funds 

23 which are not appropriated pursuant to the authority of 

24 subsection (a). 

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1 SEC. 3. SEPARATION OF LAW LIBRARY SALARIES AND EX2 PENSES IN PREPARATION OF ANNUAL LI3 BRARY OF CONGRESS BUDGET. 

4 (a) SEPARATE BUDGET TREATMENT OF LAW LI5 BRARY.—In preparing the annual budget for the Library 

6 of Congress which will be submitted by the President 

7 under chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, and in 

8 preparing the annual budget and related materials for the 

9 Library of Congress for the use of the Committees on Ap10 propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, 

11 the Librarian of Congress shall ensure that all amounts 

12 attributable to salaries and expenses of the law library of 

13 the Library of Congress are set forth separately as a sepa14 rate line item from other salaries and expenses of the Li15 brary of Congress. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

17 respect to fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

18 SEC. 4. WILLIAM ORTON PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE MIS19 SION OF THE LAW LIBRARY OF THE LIBRARY 

20 OF CONGRESS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Librarian of Congress, 

23 acting through the Law Librarian of Congress, shall 

24 establish and operate a program to be known as the 

25 ‘‘William Orton Law Library Support Program’’ 

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1 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pro2 gram’’), which will— 

3 (A) provide enhanced or special services 

4 and programs for the Law Library; and 

5 (B) otherwise support the mission of the 

6 Law Library. 

7 (2) RELATION TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Li8 brarian shall operate the Program in a manner 

9 which ensures that the resources of the Program are 

10 not commingled with the resources used to carry out 

11 the program operated under section 2. 

12 (b) ROLE OF OTHER ENTITIES.—The Librarian may 

13 carry out the Program through agreements and partner14 ships entered into with other government and private enti15 ties, including the American Association of Law Libraries 

16 and the American Bar Association. 

17 (c) PRIVATE SUPPORT.— 

18 (1) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—Donations 

19 of funds and in-kind contributions in support of the 

20 Program may be accepted— 

21 (A) by the Library of Congress Trust 

22 Fund Board, as provided under the Act entitled 

23 ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust 

24 Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, approved 

25 March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 154 et seq.); and 

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1 (B) by the Librarian of Congress, as pro2 vided under section 4 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

3 160). 

4 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding the 

5 second paragraph of section 2 of the Act entitled 

6 ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund 

7 Board, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 

8 1925 (2 U.S.C. 157), or the third sentence of sec9 tion 4 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 160), any amounts ac10 cepted by the Library of Congress Trust Fund 

11 Board or the Librarian of Congress in support of 

12 the Program shall be subject to disbursement by the 

13 Librarian only upon the recommendation of the Law 

14 Librarian (except to the extent otherwise provided 

15 under any terms and conditions on the use of the 

16 amounts which are imposed by the person making 

17 the donation). 

18 (3) ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER VOLUNTARY SERV19 ICES.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 

20 United States Code, the Librarian of Congress may 

21 accept voluntary and uncompensated services in sup22 port of the Program. 

23 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

25 Treasury (among the accounts of the Library of 

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1 Congress) a separate account for the Program, 

2 which shall consist of— 

3 (A) amounts accepted by the Library of 

4 Congress Trust Fund Board in support of the 

5 Program as described in subsection (c)(1)(A), 

6 together with any income earned on such 

7 amounts; 

8 (B) amounts accepted by the Librarian of 

9 Congress in support of the Program as de10 scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B), together with 

11 any income earned on such amounts; 

12 (C) amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

13 authorization under subsection (f); and 

14 (D) interest on the balance of the account. 

15 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The funds contained in 

16 the account established under this subsection shall 

17 be used solely by the Law Librarian of Congress to 

18 carry out the Program. 

19 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than April 30 of 

20 each year (beginning with 2010), the Librarian of Con21 gress shall submit a report on Program funding and ac22 tivities to the Committee on House Administration of the 

23 House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and 

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1 tion, and the American Association of Law Libraries. The 

2 report shall include— 

3 (1) a listing of all donations received in support 

4 of the Program during the previous year; 

5 (2) the total obligations during the previous 

6 year for each Program activity; 

7 (3) the amount appropriated pursuant to the 

8 authorization under subsection (f) for the fiscal year 

9 beginning on the previous October 1; 

10 (4) a list of Program activities, with budget in11 formation for each such activity, planned for the cal12 endar year in which the report is submitted; and 

13 (5) any findings in the most recently completed 

14 audit conducted with respect to the Law Library or 

15 Program funds or investments. 

16 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi17 tion to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated 

18 to the Librarian of Congress for the Law Library of Con19 gress for a fiscal year, there are authorized to be appro20 priated for deposit into the account established under sub21 section (d) an amount equal to 40 percent of the amount 

22 of the donations accepted by the Library of Congress 

23 Trust Fund Board in support of the Program under sub24 section (c)(1) during the previous fiscal year. 

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1 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ROLE AND STA2 TUS OF LAW LIBRARY OF LIBRARY OF CON3 GRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that the Librarian of Con5 gress should make decisions regarding the financing and 

6 operation of the law library of the Library of Congress, 

7 the maintenance of its collections, and the access of the 

8 public to its collections in a manner that preserves the 

9 role and status of the law library as the Nation’s law li10 brary. 

11 SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF LAW LIBRARY OF LIBRARY OF 

12 CONGRESS AS NATIONAL LAW LIBRARY. 

13 The law library of the Library of Congress shall be 

14 known and designated as the ‘‘National Law Library’’, and 

15 any reference to the law library of the Library of Congress 

16 in any law, rule, regulation, or document shall be deemed 

17 to be a reference to the National Law Library. 

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Union Calendar No. 86 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2728 

[Report No. 111–170] 

A BILL 

To provide financial support for the operation of 

for other purposes. the law library of the Library of Congress, and 

JUNE 19, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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