SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Library of Congress 
Modernization Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR 
THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
TO PROVIDE PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT IN ALL 
FORMATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide books for the adult blind’’, ap-
proved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), is amended by 
striking ‘‘and for purchase, maintenance, and replacement 
of reproducers for such sound-reproduction recordings’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and for purchase, maintenance, and re-
placement of reproducers for any such forms’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 3. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL COLLECTION 
STEWARDSHIP FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 
the Treasury of the United States, as an account for the 
Librarian of Congress, the ‘‘Library of Congress National 
Collection Stewardship Fund’’ (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund may 
be used by the Librarian as follows: 
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(1) The Librarian may use amounts directly for 
the purpose of preparing collection materials of the 
Library of Congress for long-term storage. 
(2) The Librarian may transfer amounts to the 
Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of designing, 
constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping col-
lections preservation and storage facilities for the Li-
brary of Congress, or for the purpose of acquiring 
real property by lease for the preservation and stor-
age of Library of Congress collections in accordance 
with section 1102 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2009 (2 U.S.C. 1823a). 
(c) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 
the following amounts: 
(1) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 
Librarian from amounts appropriated for any fiscal 
year for the Library of Congress under the heading 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
(2) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 
Architect of the Capitol from amounts appropriated 
for any fiscal year for the Office of the Architect of 
the Capitol under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress 
Buildings and Grounds’’. 
(3) Such amounts as may be appropriated to 
the Fund under law. 
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(d) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—Any 
amounts in the Fund shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, the Librarian and the Architect 
of the Capitol shall submit a joint report on the Fund to 
the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(f) INITIAL 5-YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Librarian 
shall submit to the Joint Committee on the Library and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report providing a plan for 
expenditures from the Fund for the first 5 fiscal years 
of the Fund’s operation. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 4. CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF RETURNING MEM-
BERS OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LI-
BRARY AT BEGINNING OF CONGRESS. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning 
on the first day of a Congress and ending on the 
date described in paragraph (2), any Member of 
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Congress who served as a member of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library during the previous Congress 
shall continue to serve as a member of the Joint 
Committee. 
(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in 
this paragraph is, with respect to a Congress— 
(A) in the case of a Member of Congress 
who is a Member of the House of Representa-
tives, the date on which Members of the House 
are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee 
for the Congress; and 
(B) in the case of a Member of Congress 
who is a Senator, the date on which Senators 
are appointed to serve on the Joint Committee 
for the Congress. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The final un-
designated paragraph under the heading ‘‘Senate.’’ 
in section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1883 (chapter 
141; 22 Stat. 592) (2 U.S.C. 133), is hereby re-
pealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL CHAIRMANSHIP PRIOR TO FIRST 
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.—During the period begin-
ning on the first day of a Congress and ending on the 
date of the first organizational meeting of the Joint Com-
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mittee on the Library, the Chairman of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library shall be determined as follows: 
(1) If the member who served as Chairman dur-
ing the previous Congress is appointed to serve on 
the Joint Committee for such Congress, such mem-
ber shall serve as Chairman during such period. 
(2) If the member who served as Chairman dur-
ing the previous Congress is not appointed to serve 
on the Joint Committee for such Congress but the 
member who served as Vice Chairman during the 
previous Congress is appointed to serve on the Joint 
Committee for such Congress, the member who 
served as Vice Chairman shall serve as Chairman 
during such period. 
(3) If neither the member who served as Chair-
man nor the member who served as Vice Chairman 
during the previous Congress is appointed to serve 
on the Joint Committee for such Congress— 
(A) the member who is the Chairman of 
the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall serve as Chair-
man during such period if the Chairman during 
the previous Congress was a Member of the 
House of Representatives; or 
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