I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5264 
To expand the uses of certain revolving funds of the Library of Congress 
and to clarify the authority of the Library of Congress to accept gifts 
and bequests. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2016 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To expand the uses of certain revolving funds of the Library 
of Congress and to clarify the authority of the Library 
of Congress to accept gifts and bequests. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANDING USES OF CERTAIN LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS REVOLVING FUNDS. 
(a) NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION CEN-
TER FUND.—Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fis-
cal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a) 
is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DUPLICA-
TION’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘duplication and delivery 
services provided by the Librarian’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the following programs and activities of 
the Librarian’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a colon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) Services related to the duplication and 
preservation of audiovisual materials and associated 
collections. 
‘‘(2) Storage, inspection, and delivery of audio-
visual materials and associated collections.’’. 
(b) REVOLVING FUND FOR GIFT SHOP AND RE-
LATED SERVICES.—Section 102 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
182b) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GIFT SHOP’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘SALES
AND 
OTHER SERVICES’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
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‘‘(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition mate-
rials. 
‘‘(6) Training.’’. 
(c) INCLUSION
OF
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS
IN 
FEDLINK PROGRAM.—Section 103(f)(1) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Federal 
Government,’’ the following: ‘‘tribal governments (as de-
fined in section 502(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States 
Code),’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO ACCEPT 
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 
(a) EXPANDING TYPES OF GIFTS THAT MAY BE AC-
CEPTED.—The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Con-
gress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘in the 
name of the United States’’ and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ‘‘in the name of the United 
States and in the interest of the Library, its collec-
tions, or its service gifts or bequests of personal 
property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and un-
compensated personal services, or money for imme-
diate disbursement.’’; 
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(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘of 
money’’ after ‘‘bequests’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘enter 
them’’ and inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest, or pro-
ceeds’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF GIFTS OF SECURITIES.—The 
first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 160) is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a gift 
of securities, the Librarian shall sell the gift and provide 
the donor with a receipt from the proceeds of the sale.’’. 
Æ 
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