---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 136"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "136"
heading: "Librarian of Congress; rules and regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/136"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Library of Congress"
---

# §136. Librarian of Congress; rules and regulations


The [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) of Congress shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Library.


## Source credit

(Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 544, 546; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 220(f), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 114–86, § 3, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

R.S. §§ 88, 89, 4950, which were repealed by acts Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1, 47 Stat. 1349; Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 1, 47 Stat. 1428, 1431.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–86 struck out provisions relating to appointment of Librarian of Congress.

1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the Librarian of Congress to give a bond in the sum of $20,000.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2015 Amendment

Pub. L. 114–86, § 1, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 136–1 of this title and amending this section] may be cited as the ‘Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015’.”