may include the preparation and use of material for 
the annual report required under section 8. 
SEC. 5. ENGAGEMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICI-
PANTS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS WITH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 
The Librarian of Congress may enter into agreements 
with eligible entities under which such entities may serve 
as program participants in the program established by this 
Act. 
(b) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENTS.—An agreement en-
tered into under this section between the Librarian and 
an eligible entity shall include the following elements: 
(1) A description of the services and assistance 
provided to the entity by the Librarian. 
(2) A description of the activities to be carried 
out by the entity with such services and assistance. 
(3) The length of the period in which the agree-
ment shall be in effect. 
(4) Such other elements as may be agreed to by 
the Librarian and the entity, consistent with the 
program established by this Act. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An entity is eligible to serve as a 
program participant in the program established by this 
Act if— 
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(1) the entity is a local educational agency, a 
school that is independent of any local educational 
agency, or an entity that works with or for a local 
educational agency or a school that is independent 
of any local educational agency; and 
(2) the entity submits to the Librarian, at such 
time and in such form as the Librarian may require, 
an application containing such information and as-
surances as the Librarian may require. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In selecting among eligible entities 
for participating in the program established under this 
Act, the Librarian shall give priority to applications from 
entities who are local educational agencies, schools that 
are independent of any local educational agency, or enti-
ties that work with or for a local educational agency or 
a school that is independent of any local educational agen-
cy, that do not, at the time application is made, offer any 
Armenian Genocide education program. 
SEC. 6. ONLINE EDUCATION RESOURCES. 
(a) WEBSITE.—The Librarian of Congress shall 
maintain on the website of the Library of Congress a pub-
licly available special section designated for Armenian 
Genocide education resources to improve awareness and 
understanding of this Genocide and educate individuals on 
the lessons of the Armenian Genocide as a means to raise 
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awareness about the importance of preventing genocide, 
hate, and bigotry against any group of people. 
(b) INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION.—The Librarian 
shall distribute information about the activities funded 
under this Act through the website of the Library of Con-
gress, and shall respond to inquiries for supplementary in-
formation concerning such activities. 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The information distributed 
by the Librarian under this section shall include best prac-
tices for educators on how to teach about the Armenian 
Genocide. 
SEC. 7. PRIVATE SUPPORT. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—The Librarian of 
Congress may solicit, accept, hold, administer, invest, and 
use donated funds and gifts, bequests, and devises of prop-
erty, both real and personal, to support the activities car-
ried out under this Act, subject to subsection (c). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SEPARATE
GIFT
AC-
COUNT.—There is established in the Treasury (among the 
accounts of the Library of Congress) a gift account for 
the activities carried out under this Act. 
(c) DEDICATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law— 
(1) any funds donated to the Librarian to carry 
out activities under this Act shall be deposited en-
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tirely into the gift account established under sub-
section (b); 
(2) the funds contained in such account shall be 
used solely to carry out activities under this Act; and 
(3) the Librarian may not deposit into such ac-
count any funds donated to the Librarian which are 
not donated for the exclusive purpose of carrying out 
activities under this Act. 
SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT. 
Not later than February 1 of each year (beginning 
with 2026), the Librarian of Congress shall submit to the 
Congress a report describing the activities carried out 
under this Act. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years. 
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