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(1) in the case of a Library of Congress Police employee 
who becomes a member of the Capitol Police, the first day 
of the first pay period applicable to members of the United 
States Capitol Police which begins after the date on which 
the Chief of the Capitol Police issues the written certification 
for the employee under subsection (b)(1); 
(2) in the case of a Library of Congress Police employee 
who becomes a civilian employee of the Capitol Police, the 
first day of the first pay period applicable to employees of 
the United States Capitol Police which begins after September 
30, 2009; or 
(3) in the case of a Library of Congress Police civilian 
employee, the first day of the first pay period applicable to 
employees of the United States Capitol Police which begins 
after September 30, 2008. 
(h) CANCELLATION IN PORTION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCE OF 
FEDLINK REVOLVING FUND.—Amounts available for obligation by 
the Librarian of Congress as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act from the unobligated balance in the revolving fund established 
under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 
Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182c) for the Federal Library 
and Information Network program of the Library of Congress and 
the Federal Research program of the Library of Congress are 
reduced by a total of $560,000, and the amount so reduced is 
hereby cancelled. 
SEC. 3. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF PROPERTY AND APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective on the transfer date of any 
Library of Congress Police employee and Library of Congress 
Police civilian employee who is transferred under this Act— 
(A) the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and 
records associated with the employee shall be transferred 
to the Capitol Police; and 
(B) 
the 
unexpended 
balances 
of 
appropriations, 
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, 
held, arising from, available to, or to be made available 
in connection with the employee shall be transferred to 
and made available under the appropriations accounts for 
the Capitol Police for ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General Expenses’’, 
as applicable. 
(2) JOINT REVIEW.—During the transition period, the Chief 
of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress shall conduct 
a joint review of the assets, liabilities, contracts, property 
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authoriza-
tions, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, arising 
from, available to, or to be made available in connection with 
the transfer under this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN EMPLOY-
MENT LAWS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFERRED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of 
an alleged violation of any covered law (as defined in paragraph 
(4)) which is alleged to have occurred prior to the transfer 
date with respect to an individual who is transferred under 
this Act, and for which the individual has not exhausted all
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of the remedies available for the consideration of the alleged 
violation which are provided for employees of the Library of 
Congress under the covered law prior to the transfer date, 
the following shall apply: 
(A) The individual may not initiate any procedure 
which is available for the consideration of the alleged viola-
tion of the covered law which is provided for employees 
of the Library of Congress under the covered law. 
(B) To the extent that the individual has initiated 
any such procedure prior to the transfer date, the procedure 
shall terminate and have no legal effect. 
(C) Subject to paragraph (2), the individual may ini-
tiate and participate in any procedure which is available 
for the resolution of grievances of officers and employees 
of the Capitol Police under the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to provide for 
consideration of the alleged violation. The previous sen-
tence does not apply in the case of an alleged violation 
for which the individual exhausted all of the available 
remedies which are provided for employees of the Library 
of Congress under the covered law prior to the transfer 
date. 
(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLYING CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT OF 1995.—In applying paragraph (1)(C) with respect 
to an individual to whom this subsection applies, for purposes 
of the consideration of the alleged violation under the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995— 
(A) the date of the alleged violation shall be the individ-
ual’s transfer date; 
(B) notwithstanding the third sentence of section 402(a) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1402(a)), the individual’s request 
for counseling under such section shall be made not later 
than 60 days after the date of the alleged violation; and 
(C) the employing office of the individual at the time 
of the alleged violation shall be the Capitol Police Board. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS
SUBJECT
TO 
HEARING PRIOR TO TRANSFER.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
with respect to an alleged violation for which a hearing has 
commenced in accordance with the covered law on or before 
the transfer date. 
(4) COVERED LAW DEFINED.—In this subsection, a ‘‘covered 
law’’ is any law for which the remedy for an alleged violation 
is provided for officers 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 TRANSITION 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 reimbursement. 
(d) EFFECT ON EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Con-
gress and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, 
shall remain in effect during the transition period, subject to— 
(1) the provisions of this Act; and
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(2) such modifications as may be made in accordance with 
the modification and dispute resolution provisions of the Memo-
randum of Understanding, consistent with the provisions of 
this Act. 
(e) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION
RELATING
TO
PERSONNEL 
AUTHORITY OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to affect the authority of the Librarian of Con-
gress 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 Con-
gress. 
SEC. 4. POLICE JURISDICTION, UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES, AND PEN-
ALTIES. 
(a) JURISDICTION.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF CAPITOL POLICE JURISDICTION.—Section 
9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define 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 Capitol 
Buildings and Grounds’ shall include the Library of Congress 
buildings and grounds described under section 11 of the Act entitled 
‘An Act relating to the policing of the buildings of the Library 
of Congress’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j), except that 
in a case of buildings or grounds not located in the District of 
Columbia, 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
JURISDIC-
TION.—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 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS 
AND GROUNDS.— 
(A) CAPITOL
BUILDINGS.—Section 5101 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘all buildings 
on the real property described under section 5102(d)’’ after 
‘‘(including 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: 
‘‘(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 described under section 11 of the Act 
entitled ‘An Act relating to the policing of the buildings of 
the Library of Congress’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 
167j). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
OF
LIBRARIAN
OF
CONGRESS.—Notwith-
standing subsections (a) and (b), the Librarian of Congress
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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 following: 
‘‘(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— 
‘‘(i) either House of Congress or a Member, com-
mittee, 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, inclusive, 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’’; 
(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 JURISDICTION OF 
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Section 1307(b)(1) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(b)), 
is amended by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, 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 DECORUM WITHIN THE 
LIBRARY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS.—The Librarian of Con-
gress shall establish standards and regulations for the physical 
security, control, and preservation of the Library of Congress collec-
tions and property, and for the maintenance of suitable order and 
decorum within Library of Congress. 
(b) TREATMENT OF SECURITY SYSTEMS.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS.—In accordance 
with the authority of the Capitol Police and the Librarian 
of Congress established under this Act, the amendments made