(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS 
SUBJECT TO HEARING PRIOR TO TRANSFER.—Para-
graph (1) does not apply with respect to an alleged 
violation for which a hearing has commenced in ac-
cordance with the covered law on or before the 
transfer date. 
(4) COVERED
LAW
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, a ‘‘covered law’’ is any law for which the 
remedy for an alleged violation is provided for offi-
cers and employees of the Capitol Police under the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301 et seq.) 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF DETAILEES DURING TRANSI-
TION PERIOD.—During the transition period, the Chief of 
the Capitol Police may detail additional members of the 
Capitol Police to the Library of Congress, without reim-
bursement. 
(d) EFFECT ON EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF UN-
DERSTANDING.—The Memorandum of Understanding be-
tween the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police en-
tered into on December 12, 2004, shall remain in effect 
during the transition period, subject to— 
(1) the provisions of this Act; and 
(2) such modifications as may be made in ac-
cordance with the modification and dispute resolu-
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tion provisions of the Memorandum of Under-
standing, consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PER-
SONNEL AUTHORITY OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the author-
ity of the Librarian of Congress to— 
(1) terminate the employment of a Library of 
Congress Police employee or Library of Congress 
Police civilian employee; or 
(2) transfer any individual serving in a Library 
of Congress Police employee position or Library of 
Congress Police civilian employee position to another 
position at the Library of Congress. 
SEC. 4. POLICE JURISDICTION, UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES, 
AND PENALTIES. 
(a) JURISDICTION.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF CAPITOL POLICE JURISDIC-
TION.—Section 9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to de-
fine the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, 
to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, 
approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, ‘United States Cap-
itol Buildings and Grounds’ shall include the Library of 
Congress buildings and grounds described under section 
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11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the policing of 
the buildings of the Library of Congress’, approved Au-
gust 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j), except that in a case of 
buildings or grounds not located in the District of Colum-
bia, the authority granted to the Metropolitan Police 
Force of the District of Columbia shall be granted to any 
police force within whose jurisdiction the buildings or 
grounds are located.’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE 
JURISDICTION.—The first section and sections 7 and 
9 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167, 167f, 
167h) are repealed on October 1, 2009. 
(b) UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES AND PENALTIES.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL 
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS PROVISIONS TO THE LI-
BRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.— 
(A) CAPITOL BUILDINGS.—Section 5101 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘all buildings on the real property de-
scribed under section 5102(d)’’ after ‘‘(includ-
ing the Administrative Building of the United 
States Botanic Garden)’’. 
(B) CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Section 5102 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(d) LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
BUILDINGS
AND 
GROUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), the United States Capitol Grounds 
shall include the Library of Congress grounds de-
scribed under section 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 
relating to the policing of the buildings of the Li-
brary of Congress’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 
U.S.C. 167j). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
OF
LIBRARIAN
OF
CON-
GRESS.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), 
the Librarian of Congress shall retain authority over 
the Library of Congress buildings and grounds in 
accordance with section 1 of the Act of June 29, 
1922 (2 U.S.C. 141; 42 Stat. 715).’’. 
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING 
TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Section 5104(e)(2) 
of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) with the intent to disrupt the orderly 
conduct of official business, enter or remain in 
a room in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside 
or designated for the use of— 
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‘‘(i) either House of Congress or a 
Member, committee, officer, or employee of 
Congress, or either House of Congress; or 
‘‘(ii) the Library of Congress.’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
OFFENSES
AND
PENALTIES 
SPECIFIC TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Sections 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Act of August 4, 1950 
(2 U.S.C. 167a, 167b, 167c, 167d, 167e, and 167g) 
are repealed. 
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
PROHIBITIONS
AGAINST 
USE
OF
LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
BUILDINGS
AND 
GROUNDS.—Section 10 of the Act of August 4, 1950 
(2 U.S.C. 167i) is amended by striking ‘‘2 to 6, in-
clusive, of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘5103 and 5104 
of title 40, United States Code’’. 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DESCRIPTION 
OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GROUNDS.—Section 11 of 
the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
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(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
and 
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO JURIS-
DICTION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.—Section 1307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(b)), is amended by 
striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that nothing in this paragraph may be 
construed to authorize the Inspector General to audit or 
investigate any operations or activities of the United 
States Capitol Police;’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect October 1, 2009. 
SEC. 5. COLLECTIONS, PHYSICAL SECURITY, CONTROL, 
AND PRESERVATION OF ORDER AND DECO-
RUM WITHIN THE LIBRARY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF REGULATIONS.—The Li-
brarian of Congress shall establish standards and regula-
tions for the physical security, control, and preservation 
of the Library of Congress collections and property, and 
for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum within 
Library of Congress. 
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(b) TREATMENT OF SECURITY SYSTEMS.— 
(1) 
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
SECURITY
SYS-
TEMS.—In accordance with the authority of the Cap-
itol Police and the Librarian of Congress established 
under this Act, the amendments made by this Act, 
and the provisions of law referred to in paragraph 
(3), the Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librar-
ian of Congress shall be responsible for the oper-
ation of security systems at the Library of Congress 
buildings and grounds described under section 11 of 
the Act of August 4, 1950, in consultation and co-
ordination with each other, subject to the following: 
(A) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the design of security systems for 
the control and preservation of Library collec-
tions and property, subject to the review and 
approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police. 
(B) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the operation of security systems 
at any building or facility of the Library of 
Congress which is located outside of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, subject to the review and ap-
proval of the Chief of the Capitol Police. 
(2) INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR OPERATION OF SYS-
TEMS.—Not later than October 1, 2008, the Chief of 
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the Capitol Police, in coordination with the Librar-
ian of Congress, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate an initial proposal for carrying out this 
subsection. 
(3) PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—The provisions of 
law referred to in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922 
(2 U.S.C. 141). 
(B) The undesignated provision under the 
heading ‘‘General Provision, This Chapter’’ in 
chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omni-
bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 141a). 
(C) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 1964). 
(D) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 1965). 
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SEC. 6. PAYMENT OF CAPITOL POLICE SERVICES PRO-
VIDED IN CONNECTION WITH RELATING TO 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SPECIAL EVENTS. 
(a) PAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED IN REVOLV-
ING FUND.—Section 102(e) of the Library of Congress 
Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 
182b(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts in the accounts of the revolving 
fund under this section shall be available to the Li-
brarian, in amounts specified in appropriations Acts 
and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out the 
programs and activities covered by such accounts. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN CAPITOL POLICE SERVICES.—In the case of 
any amount in the revolving fund consisting of a 
payment received for services of the United States 
Capitol Police in connection with a special event or 
program described in subsection (a)(4), the Librar-
ian shall transfer such amount upon receipt to the 
Capitol Police for deposit into the applicable appro-
priations accounts of the Capitol Police.’’. 
(b) USE OF OTHER LIBRARY FUNDS TO MAKE PAY-
MENTS.—In addition to amounts transferred pursuant to 
section 102(e)(2) of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
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ations Improvement Act of 2000 (as added by subsection 
(a)), the Librarian of Congress may transfer amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses of the Library 
of Congress during a fiscal year to the applicable appro-
priations accounts of the United States Capitol Police in 
order to reimburse the Capitol Police for services provided 
in connection with a special event or program described 
in section 102(a)(4) of such Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to services provided 
by the United States Capitol Police on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1015 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) 
and section 1006 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108–83; 117 
Stat. 1023) are repealed. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 2009. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Act of August 4, 1950’’ means 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the policing of 
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the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con-
gress,’’ (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); 
(2) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police em-
ployee’’ means an employee of the Library of Con-
gress designated as police under the first section of 
the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167); 
(3) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police civil-
ian employee’’ means an employee of the Library of 
Congress Office of Security and Emergency Pre-
paredness who provides direct administrative sup-
port to, and is supervised by, the Library of Con-
gress Police, but shall not include an employee of 
the Library of Congress who performs emergency 
preparedness or collections control and preservation 
functions; and 
(4) the term ‘‘transition period’’ means the pe-
riod the first day of which is the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and the final day of which is Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
Æ 
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