An Act to extend and revise the Library Services and Construction Act, and for other purposes.
PL 95-123 (S.602), enacted 10/07/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-123—OCT. 7, 1977 
91 STAT. 1095 
Public Law 95-123 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 7, 1977 
[S. 602] 
Library Services 
and Constructicin 
Act Amendments 
of 1977. 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
To extend and revise the Library Services and Construction Act, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress a^serabled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Library Services and Construction Act Amendments 
of 1977". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 4(a) (1) of the Library Services and Construc-
tion Act (20 U.S.C. 351b(a)(l)) is amended by striking out "and" 
after "1975," and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the 
following: "$110,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $140,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1979, and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and each of the two 
succeeding fiscal years". 
(b) Section 4(a) (2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 351b(a) (2)) is amended 
by striking out "and" after "1975," and by inserting before the period 
at the end thereof the following: ", and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 1978 through fiscal year 1981, and $97,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1982". 
(c) Section 4(a) (3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 351b(a) (3)) is amended 
by striking out "and" after "1975," and by inserting before the period 
at the end thereof the following: "$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and each of the three succeeding fiscal 
years". 
(d) Section4(a) (4) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 351b(a) (4)) is amended 
by striking out "for the fiscal year" and all that follows through "June 
30,1976" and inserting in lieu thereof "for each fiscal year ending prior 
to October 1,1982". 
SEC. 3. (a) The Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 
351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7 the following new 
section: 
"ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 
"SEC. 8. The amount expended by any State, from an allotment 
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received under this Act for any fiscal year, for administrative costs in 
connection with any program or activity carried out by such State 
under this Act shall be matched by such State from funds other than 
Federal funds.". 
(b) Section 102(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 353(b)) is amended by 
inserting after "Subject to" the following: "the provisions of section 8 
and". 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 2(a) of the Library Services and Construction 
Act (20 U.S.C. 351 (a)) is amended by striking out "and in promoting" 
and by inserting in lieu thereof "in promoting", and by adding before 
the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and in 
strengthening major urban resource libraries". 
(b) Section 3 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 351 (a)) is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"(14) 'Major urban resource library' means any public library 
located in a city having a population of 100,000 or more individuals, 
as determined by the Commissioner.". 
Federal funds, 
use. 
"Major urban 
resource hbrary. 
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Grants to States. 
State urban 
resource 
libraries. 
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(c) Section 101 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 352) is amended by striking 
out "and" the third place it appears in such section, and by inserting 
before the period a comma and the following: "and in strengthening 
major urban resource libraries". 
(d) Section 102(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 353(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (1) ; 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "and"; 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"(3) for supporting and expanding library services of major 
urban resource libraries which, because of the value of the collec-
tions of such libraries to individual users and to other libraries, 
need special assistance to furnish services at a level required to 
meet the demands made for such services."; and 
(4) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"No grant may be made under clause (3) of this subsection unless the 
major urban resource library provides services to users throughout the 
regional area in which such library is located.". 
(e) Section 102 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"(c) (1) Subject to such criteria as the Commissioner shall estab-
lish by regulation, in any fiscal year in which sums appropriated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) of section 4(a) exceed $60,000,000, each State 
which is subject to the provisions of this subsection shall reserve that 
portion of the allotment of each State attributable to the amount in 
excess of $60,000,000 in that fiscal year in the manner required in 
paragraph (2). 
"(2) (A) In each State having one or more cities with a population 
of 100,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Commissioner, 
and in which the aggregate population of such cities does not exceed 
50 percent of the total population of the State, the portion of the 
excess amount specified in paragraph (1) shall be reserved for the 
purposes described in subsection (a) (3) of this section in accordance 
with clause (2) of section 103 in an amount which bears the same ratio 
to the total of such excess amount as the aggregate population of such 
cities bears to the total population of such State. 
"(B) In each State having one or more cities with a population of 
100,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Commissioner, and 
in which the aggregate population of such cities exceeds 50 percent of 
the total population of the State, 50 percent of the excess amount speci-
fied in paragraph (1) shall be reserved for the purposes described in 
subsection (a) (3) in accordance with clause (2) of section 103. 
"(C) Any State which does not include any city with a population 
of 100,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Commissioner, 
shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection.". 
(f) (1) Section 103(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 354(1)) is amended 
by inserting ", subject to clause (2) of this section," after "program" 
the first place it appears in such section. 
(2) Section 103 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 354) is amended by redesig-
nating clauses (2), (3), and (4) of such section as clauses (3), (4), 
and (5), respectively, and by inserting after clause (1) the following 
new clause: 
"(2) set forth a program for the year submitted under which 
the amount reserved by the State under section 102(c), if appli-
cable, will be used for the purposes set forth in clause (3) of section 
102(a);". 
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(3) Section 103 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 354) is further amended by Funds, reduction 
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No State shall, '""itation. 
in carrying out the provisions of clause (2) of this section, reduce the 
amount paid to an urban resource library below the amount that such 
library received in the year preceding the year for which the deter-
mination is made under such clause (2).". 
SEC. 5. Section 103(3) of the Library Services and Construction Act 
(as so redesignated by this Act) is amended by striking out "the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1971" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
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"the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the deter- 
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mination is made". 
SEC. 6. The second sentence of section 202 of the Library Services Library 
and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 355b) is amended by inserting after remodeling, 
"libraries" a comma and the following: "for the remodeling of public 
libraries necessary to meet standards adopted pursuant to the Act of 
August 12, 1968, commonly known as the Architectural Barriers Act 
of 1968, and for remodeling designed to conserve energy in the opera- 42 USC 4151. 
tion of public libraries". 
Approved October 7, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-97 accompanying H.R. 3712 (Comm. on Education and 
Labor) and No. 95-607 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-143 (Comm. on Human Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
Mar. 21, H.R. 3712 considered and passed House. 
May 20, considered and passed Senate. 
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June 2, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 3712. 
Sept. 20, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Sept. 23, House agreed to conference report.