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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘William Orton Law 
Library Improvement and Modernization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LAW LIBRARY OF LI-
BRARY OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—In addition to any other 
amounts made available for the salaries and expenses of 
the Library of Congress, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Librarian of Congress $3,500,000 for main-
taining and administering the operations of the law library 
of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of 
the collections of the law library. Any amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation until ex-
pended. 
(b) ELECTRONIC CATALOGING OF NONPROPRIETARY 
MATERIAL.—To the extent practicable, in using any funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) 
to catalog and archive nonproprietary material in the col-
lections of the Law Library after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Law Librarian of Congress shall 
catalog and archive the material electronically in a non-
proprietary and nondiscriminatory format. Nothing in the 
previous sentence may be construed to affect any cata-
loging and archiving activities carried out with funds 
which are not appropriated pursuant to the authority of 
subsection (a). 
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SEC. 3. SEPARATION OF LAW LIBRARY SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES IN PREPARATION OF ANNUAL LI-
BRARY OF CONGRESS BUDGET. 
(a) SEPARATE BUDGET TREATMENT OF LAW LI-
BRARY.—In preparing the annual budget for the Library 
of Congress which will be submitted by the President 
under chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, and in 
preparing the annual budget and related materials for the 
Library of Congress for the use of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
the Librarian of Congress shall ensure that all amounts 
attributable to salaries and expenses of the law library of 
the Library of Congress are set forth separately as a sepa-
rate line item from other salaries and expenses of the Li-
brary of Congress. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 4. WILLIAM ORTON PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE MIS-
SION OF THE LAW LIBRARY OF THE LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Librarian of Congress, 
acting through the Law Librarian of Congress, shall 
establish and operate a program to be known as the 
‘‘William Orton Law Library Support Program’’ 
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(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pro-
gram’’), which will— 
(A) provide enhanced or special services 
and programs for the Law Library; and 
(B) otherwise support the mission of the 
Law Library. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Li-
brarian shall operate the Program in a manner 
which ensures that the resources of the Program are 
not commingled with the resources used to carry out 
the program operated under section 2. 
(b) ROLE OF OTHER ENTITIES.—The Librarian may 
carry out the Program through agreements and partner-
ships entered into with other government and private enti-
ties, including the American Association of Law Libraries 
and the American Bar Association. 
(c) PRIVATE SUPPORT.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE
OF
DONATIONS.—Donations 
of funds and in-kind contributions in support of the 
Program may be accepted— 
(A) by the Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board, as provided under the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust 
Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, approved 
March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 154 et seq.); and 
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