Museum and Library Services Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1997
PL 105-128 (S.1505), enacted 12/01/1997

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PUBLIC LAW 105-128—DEC. 1, 1997 
Public Law 105-128 
105th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 1, 1997 
To make technical and conforming amendments to the Museimi and Library Services 
[S. 1505] 
^^> ^^^ ^*"' other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Museum and 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Library Services 
Technical and 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Amen^^ntsof 
This Act may be cited as the "Museum and Library Services 
1997. 
Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1997". 
20 u s e 9101 
note. 
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES. 
20 use 9105. 
Section 206 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 
9105 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
"(b) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF TECHNICAL AND 
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Director 
may appoint without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing the appointment in the competitive 
service and may compensate without regard to the provisions 
of chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 
(relating to the classification and General Schedule pay rates), 
such technical and professional employees as the Director deter-
mines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the Institute. 
"(2) NUMBER AND COMPENSATION.—^The number of employ-
ees appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) shall not 
exceed Vs of the number of full-time regular or professional 
employees of the Institute. The rate of basic compensation 
for the employees appointed and compensated under paragraph 
(1) may not exceed the rate prescribed for level GS-15 of 
the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5.". 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL LIBRARIES. 
Section 213(2)(E) of the Museum and Library Services Act 
(20 U.S.C. 9122(2)(E)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "or other special library" after "a private 
library"; and 
(2) by inserting "or special" after "such private". 
SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS. 
Section 221(a)(1) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 
U.S.C. 9131(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "IV2 percent" and 
inserting "1.75 percent"; and 
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking "4 percent" and insert-
ing "3.75 percent". 
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SEC. 5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 
The second sentence of section 223(c)(l)(A)(i) of the Museum 
and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9133(c)(l)(A)(i)) is amended 
to read as follows: "The amount of the reduction in the allotment 
for any fiscal year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by 
a fraction— 
"(I) the numerator of which is the result 
obtained by subtracting the level of such State 
expenditures for the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made, from the average of the total 
level of such State expenditures for the 3 fiscal 
years preceding the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made; and 
"(II) the denominator of which is the average 
of the total level of such State expenditures for 
the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for 
which the determination is made.". 
SEC. 6. SERVICE TO INDIAN TRIBES. 
Section 261 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 
9161) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking "INDIAN TRIBES" 
and inserting "NATIVE AMERICANS"; and 
(2) by striking "to organizations" and all that follows 
through "such organizations" and inserting "to Indian tribes 
and to organizations that primarily serve and represent Native 
Hawaiians (as the term is defined in section 9212 of the Native 
Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7912) to enable such tribes 
and organizations". 
SEC. 7. NATIONAL LEADERSfflP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS. 
Section 262 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 
9162) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking "NATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS" and inserting 
"NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR 
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking "program awarding national leadership 
grants or contracts" and inserting "program of awarding 
grants or entering into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments"; and 
(B) by striking "Such grants or contracts" and inserting 
"Such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements"; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking "(b) GRANTS 
O
R CONTRACTS" and inserting "(b) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, 
O
R COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting "or cooperative agree-
ments," after "contracts"; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking "Grants and contracts" 
and inserting "Grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
ments". 
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SEC. 8. CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPfflCAL ERROR. 
Section 262(a)(3) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 
U.S.C. 9162(a)(3)) is amended by striking "preservation of 
digitization" and inserting "preserving or digitization". 
Approved December 1, 1997. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1505: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997): 
Nov. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 13, considered and passed House.