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a room in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside
or designated for the use of—
‘‘(i) either House of Congress or a
Member, committee, officer, or employee of
Congress, or either House of Congress; or
‘‘(ii) the Library of Congress;’’.
(2) REPEAL OF OFFENSES AND PENALTIES SPE-
CIFIC TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Sections 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C.
167a, 167b, 167c, 167d, 167e, and 167g) are repealed.
(3) SUSPENSION OF PROHIBITIONS AGAINST USE
OF
LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
BUILDINGS
AND
GROUNDS.—Section 10 of the Act of August 4, 1950
(2 U.S.C. 167i) is amended by striking ‘‘2 to 6, inclu-
sive, of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘5103 and 5104 of
title 40, United States Code’’.
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DESCRIPTION
OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GROUNDS.—Section 11 of
the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘For the
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘For the
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
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(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘For the
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
and
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘For the
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO JURIS-
DICTION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.—Section 1307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(b)), is amended by
striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that nothing in this paragraph may be
construed to authorize the Inspector General to audit or in-
vestigate any operations or activities of the United States
Capitol Police;’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect October 1, 2009.
SEC. 5. COLLECTIONS, PHYSICAL SECURITY, CONTROL, AND
PRESERVATION OF ORDER AND DECORUM
WITHIN THE LIBRARY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS.—The Librar-
ian of Congress shall establish standards and regulations
for the physical security, control, and preservation of the
Library of Congress collections and property, and for the
maintenance of suitable order and decorum within Library
of Congress.
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(b) TREATMENT OF SECURITY SYSTEMS.—
(1) RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS.—
In accordance with the authority of the Capitol Police
and the Librarian of Congress established under this
Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the provi-
sions of law referred to in paragraph (3), the Chief
of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress
shall be responsible for the operation of security sys-
tems at the Library of Congress buildings and
grounds described under section 11 of the Act of Au-
gust 4, 1950, in consultation and coordination with
each other, subject to the following:
(A) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the design of security systems for
the control and preservation of Library collec-
tions and property, subject to the review and ap-
proval of the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(B) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the operation of security systems at
any building or facility of the Library of Con-
gress which is located outside of the District of
Columbia, subject to the review and approval of
the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(2) INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR OPERATION OF SYS-
TEMS.—Not later than October 1, 2008, the Chief of
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the Capitol Police, in coordination with the Librar-
ian of Congress, shall prepare and submit to the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate
an initial proposal for carrying out this subsection.
(3) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law
referred to in this paragraph are as follows:
(A) Section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922
(2 U.S.C. 141).
(B) The undesignated provision under the
heading ‘‘General Provision, This Chapter’’ in
chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 141a).
(C) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 1964).
(D) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 1965).
SEC. 6. PAYMENT OF CAPITOL POLICE SERVICES PROVIDED
IN CONNECTION WITH RELATING TO LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS SPECIAL EVENTS.
(a) PAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED IN REVOLV-
ING FUND.—Section 102(e) of the Library of Congress Fis-
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cal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182b(e))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) USE OF AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts in the accounts of the revolving
fund under this section shall be available to the Li-
brarian, in amounts specified in appropriations Acts
and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out the
programs and activities covered by such accounts.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN
CAPITOL
POLICE
SERVICES.—In the case of any
amount in the revolving fund consisting of a payment
received for services of the United States Capitol Po-
lice in connection with a special event or program de-
scribed in subsection (a)(4), the Librarian shall
transfer such amount upon receipt to the Capitol Po-
lice for deposit into the applicable appropriations ac-
counts of the Capitol Police.’’.
(b) USE OF OTHER LIBRARY FUNDS TO MAKE PAY-
MENTS.—In addition to amounts transferred pursuant to
section 102(e)(2) of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
ations Improvement Act of 2000 (as added by subsection
(a)), the Librarian of Congress may transfer amounts made
available for salaries and expenses of the Library of Con-
gress during a fiscal year to the applicable appropriations
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accounts of the United States Capitol Police in order to re-
imburse the Capitol Police for services provided in connec-
tion with a special event or program described in section
102(a)(4) of such Act.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to services provided by the
United States Capitol Police on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 7. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1015 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) and
section 1006 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2004 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat.
1023) are repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect October 1, 2009.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Act of August 4, 1950’’ means the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the policing of the
buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress,’’ (2
U.S.C. 167 et seq.);
(2) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police em-
ployee’’ means an employee of the Library of Congress
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designated as police under the first section of the Act
of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167);
(3) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police civilian
employee’’ means an employee of the Library of Con-
gress Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness
who provides direct administrative support to, and is
supervised by, the Library of Congress Police, but
shall not include an employee of the Library of Con-
gress who performs emergency preparedness or collec-
tions control and preservation functions; and
(4) the term ‘‘transition period’’ means the pe-
riod the first day of which is the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and the final day of which is Sep-
tember 30, 2009.
Attest:
Secretary.