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To expand the uses of certain revolving funds of the Library of Congress and to clarify the authority of the Library of Congress to accept gifts and bequests.

H.R. 5264 · 114th Congress · May 17, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Expanding uses of certain Library of Congress revolving funds

(a)
National Audiovisual Conservation Center Fund— Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “duplication”; and
(2)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
by striking “duplication and delivery services provided by the Librarian” and inserting “the following programs and activities of the Librarian”;
(B)
by striking the period at the end and inserting a colon; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(1) Services related to the duplication and preservation of audiovisual materials and associated collections.

“(2) Storage, inspection, and delivery of audiovisual materials and associated collections.”

(b)
Revolving Fund for Gift Shop and Related Services— Section 102 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 182b) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “gift shop” and all that follows and inserting “sales and other services”; and
(2)
in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition materials.

“(6) Training.”

(c)
Inclusion of Tribal Governments in FEDLINK Program— Section 103(f)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)) is amended by inserting after “Federal Government,” the following: “tribal governments (as defined in section 502(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States Code),”.

Sec. 2 Authority of Library of Congress to accept gifts and bequests

(a)
Expanding types of gifts that may be accepted— The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended—
(1)
in the first sentence, by striking “in the name of the United States” and all that follows and inserting the following: “in the name of the United States and in the interest of the Library, its collections, or its service gifts or bequests of personal property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and uncompensated personal services, or money for immediate disbursement.”;
(2)
in the second sentence, by inserting “of money” after “bequests”; and
(3)
in the third sentence, by striking “enter them” and inserting “enter the gift, bequest, or proceeds”.
(b)
Treatment of gifts of securities— The first undesignated paragraph of section 4 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 160) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “In the case of a gift of securities, the Librarian shall sell the gift and provide the donor with a receipt from the proceeds of the sale.”.