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(c) LIMIT ON OBLIGATIONS.—No obligation entered 
into pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in 
advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 
and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 
Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 
and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li-
brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge-
able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$419,030,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2009, and shall remain available until 
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2009 
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and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 
28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $17,959,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011 for the partial acquisition of 
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials in-
cluding subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Li-
brary, including $40,000 to be available solely for the pur-
chase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of spe-
cial and unique materials for additions to the collections: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the 
Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $7,170,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the digital collections and educational 
curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 
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amount appropriated, $1,495,000 shall remain available 
until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur-
poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be 
used for official representation and reception expenses of 
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $560,000 
shall be transferred to the Federal Library and Informa-
tion Center’s FEDLINK Program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $190,000 shall be used 
to provide a grant to the New York Historical Society for 
the digitization of its collection: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $95,000 shall be used to 
provide a grant to the University of Florida for develop-
ment of a library of original case studies. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$51,592,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
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