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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 
To provide for the establishment and maintenance of existing libraries and 
resource centers at United States diplomatic and consular missions to 
provide information about American culture, society, and history, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2007 
Ms. WATSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment and maintenance of existing 
libraries and resource centers at United States diplo-
matic and consular missions to provide information about 
American culture, society, and history, 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 shall be known as the ‘‘Library of Congress 
Public Diplomacy Collection Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY COL-
LECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Librarian of Congress shall 
create a collection of materials of various media, print, 
audio, and visual for use in libraries and resource centers 
operated by the Department of State under the provisions 
of section 112(a)(4) of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 (commonly referred to as the 
Fulbright-Hays Act). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The collection shall include a broad 
cross-section of materials of various media, print, audio, 
and visual. The collection should include materials which 
provide insight into United States culture, principles and 
values, law and civics, and democracy, and shall be avail-
able for public use. 
(c) DONATIONS.—The Librarian may accept dona-
tions of materials that are made to the collection if the 
Librarian determines that such receipt will not result in 
any cost to the Federal Government. 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—The Librarian shall make mate-
rials in the collection available upon request to any Chief 
of Mission at a United States Embassy or Consulate, and 
shall provide for the conveyance of such materials to a 
Department of State library or resource center, and for 
their return to the collection. 
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(e) JOHNNY GRANT FILM SERIES.—As part of the 
collection, the Librarian shall maintain a separate collec-
tion of American films that showcase United States cul-
ture, society, values, and principles. Such collection shall 
be known as the ‘‘Johnny Grant Film Series’’. Such films 
shall be made available to Chiefs of Mission for foreign 
public viewing in host countries under the provisions of 
subsection (d). 
SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
The Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (au-
thorized under section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553)) shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a biennial report containing and eval-
uation of the functions and effectiveness of activities au-
thorized under this Act. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Librarian of Congress such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the Librarian’s respon-
sibilities under this Act. 
(b) SECRETARY OF STATE.—In addition to amounts 
that are otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State to carry out purposes similar to those 
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required under this Act, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the Secretary’s responsibilities under this Act. 
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