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[S. 3984 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 671
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3984

To amend and extend the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2010

Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cochran, and 
 Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

                            December 3, 2010

               Reported by Mr. Harkin, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend and extend the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Museum and Library 
Services Act of 2010''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. General definitions.
Sec. 102. Responsibilities of Director.
Sec. 103. Personnel.
Sec. 104. Board.
Sec. 105. Awards and medals.
Sec. 106. Research and analysis.
Sec. 107. Hearings.
Sec. 108. Administrative funds.
               TITLE II--LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY

Sec. 201. Purposes.
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 203. Reservations and allotments.
Sec. 204. State plans.
Sec. 205. Grants.
Sec. 206. Grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.
Sec. 207. Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
Sec. 208. Conforming amendments.
                       TITLE III--MUSEUM SERVICES

Sec. 301. Purpose.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Museum services activities.
Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.
     TITLE IV--REPEAL OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND 
                        INFORMATION SCIENCE ACT

Sec. 401. Repeal.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Museum and Library 
Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.).

                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

    Section 202 (20 U.S.C. 9101) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Digital literacy skills.--The term `digital literacy 
        skills' means the skills associated with using technology to 
        enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and 
        communicate information.''.

SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.

    Section 204 (20 U.S.C. 9103) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Duties and Powers.--
            ``(1) Primary responsibility.--The Director shall have 
        primary responsibility for the development and implementation 
        of policy to ensure the availability of museum, library, and 
        information services adequate to meet the essential 
        information, education, research, economic, cultural, and civic 
        needs of the people of the United States.
            ``(2) Duties.--In carrying out the responsibility described 
        in paragraph (1), the Director shall--
                    ``(A) advise the President, Congress, and other 
                Federal agencies and offices on museum, library, and 
                information services in order to ensure the creation, 
                preservation, organization, and dissemination of 
                knowledge;
                    ``(B) engage Federal, State, and local governmental 
                agencies and private entities in assessing the museum, 
                library, and information services needs of the people 
                of the United States, and coordinate the development of 
                plans, policies, and activities to meet such needs 
                effectively;
                    ``(C) carry out programs of research and 
                development, data collection, and financial assistance 
                to extend and improve the museum, library, and 
                information services of the people of the United 
                States; and
                    ``(D) ensure that museum, library, and information 
                services are fully integrated into the information and 
                education infrastructures of the United States.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Interagency Agreements.--The Director may--
            ``(1) enter into interagency agreements to promote or 
        assist with the museum, library, and information services-
        related activities of other Federal agencies, on either a 
        reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis; and
            ``(2) use funds appropriated under this Act for the costs 
        of such activities.
    ``(f) Coordination.--The Director shall ensure coordination of the 
policies and activities of the Institute with the policies and 
activities of other agencies and offices of the Federal Government 
having interest in and responsibilities for the improvement of museums 
and libraries and information services. Where appropriate, the Director 
shall ensure that such policies and activities are coordinated with--
            ``(1) activities under section 1251 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6383);
            ``(2) programs and activities under the Head Start Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) (including programs and activities under 
        subparagraphs (H)(vii) and (J)(iii) of section 641(d)(2) of 
        such Act) (42 U.S.C. 9836(d)(2));
            ``(3) activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
        (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) (including activities under section 
        134(c) of such Act) (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)); and
            ``(4) Federal programs and activities that increase the 
        capacity of libraries and museums to act as partners in 
        economic and community development, education and research, 
        improving digital literacy skills, and disseminating health 
        information.
    ``(g) Interagency Collaboration.--The Director shall work jointly 
with the individuals heading relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
including the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Chairman of the 
Federal Communications Commission, the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 
of State, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the 
Chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities, and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, or the designees of such 
individuals, on--
            ``(1) initiatives, materials, or technology to support 
        workforce development activities undertaken by libraries;
            ``(2) resource and policy approaches to eliminate barriers 
        to fully leveraging the role of libraries and museums in 
        supporting the early learning, literacy, lifelong learning, 
        digital literacy, workforce development, and education needs of 
        the people of the United States; and
            ``(3) initiatives, materials, or technology to support 
        educational, cultural, historical, scientific, environmental, 
        and other activities undertaken by museums.''.

SEC. 103. PERSONNEL.

    Section 206 (20 U.S.C. 9105) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Number and compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The number of employees 
                appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) shall not 
                exceed \1/5\ of the number of full-time regular or 
                professional employees of the Institute.
                    ``(B) Rate of compensation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), 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, United 
                        States Code.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--The Director may appoint 
                        not more than 3 employees under paragraph (1) 
                        at a rate of basic compensation that exceeds 
                        the rate described in clause (i) but does not 
                        exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for 
                        positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
                        under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
                        Code.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Experts and Consultants.--The Director may use experts and 
consultants, including panels of experts, who may be employed as 
authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.''.

SEC. 104. BOARD.

    Section 207 (20 U.S.C. 9105a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (D); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
                        (F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i) of 
                        subparagraph (A), by striking ``(1)(E)'' and 
                        inserting ``(1)(D)''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) of 
                        subparagraph (B), by striking ``(1)(F)'' and 
                        inserting ``(1)(E)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' after ``Library 
                        Services,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, and the Chairman of 
                        the National Commission on Library and 
                        Information Science'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Except as otherwise 
                        provided in this subsection, each'' and 
                        inserting ``Each''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``(E) or (F)'' and 
                        inserting ``(D) or (E)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Initial board 
                appointments.--'' and all that follows through ``The 
                terms of the first members'' and inserting the 
                following: ``Authority to adjust terms.--The terms of 
                the members'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``relating to 
                museum and library services, including financial 
                assistance awarded under this title'' and inserting 
                ``relating to museum, library, and information 
                services''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) National awards and medals.--The Museum and Library 
        Services Board shall advise the Director in awarding national 
        awards and medals under section 209.''; and
            (4) in subsection (i), by striking ``take steps to ensure 
        that the policies and activities of the Institute are 
        coordinated with other activities of the Federal Government'' 
        and inserting ``coordinate the development and implementation 
        of policies and activities as described in subsections (f) and 
        (g) of section 204''.

SEC. 105. AWARDS AND MEDALS.

    Section 209 (20 U.S.C. 9107) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 209. AWARDS AND MEDALS.

    ``The Director, with the advice of the Museum and Library Services 
Board, may annually award national awards and medals for library and 
museum services to outstanding libraries and museums that have made 
significant contributions in service to their communities.''.

SEC. 106. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS.

    Section 210 (20 U.S.C. 9108) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 210. POLICY RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, DATA COLLECTION, AND 
              DISSEMINATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall annually conduct policy 
research, analysis, and data collection to extend and improve the 
Nation's museum, library, and information services.
    ``(b) Requirements.--The policy research, analysis, and data 
collection shall be conducted in ongoing collaboration (as determined 
appropriate by the Director), and in consultation, with--
            ``(1) State library administrative agencies;
            ``(2) national, State, and regional library and museum 
        organizations; and
            ``(3) other relevant agencies and organizations.
    ``(c) Objectives.--The policy research, analysis, and data 
collection shall be used to--
            ``(1) identify national needs for and trends in museum, 
        library, and information services;
            ``(2) measure and report on the impact and effectiveness of 
        museum, library, and information services throughout the United 
        States, including the impact of Federal programs authorized 
        under this Act;
            ``(3) identify best practices; and
            ``(4) develop plans to improve museum, library, and 
        information services of the United States and to strengthen 
        national, State, local, regional, and international 
        communications and cooperative networks.
    ``(d) Dissemination.--Each year, the Director shall widely 
disseminate, as appropriate to accomplish the objectives under 
subsection (c), the results of the policy research, analysis, and data 
collection carried out under this section.
    ``(e) Authority To Contract.--The Director is authorized--
            ``(1) to enter into contracts, grants, cooperative 
        agreements, and other arrangements with Federal agencies and 
        other public and private organizations to carry out the 
        objectives under subsection (c); and
            ``(2) to publish and disseminate, in a form determined 
        appropriate by the Director, the reports, findings, studies, 
        and other materials prepared under paragraph (1).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2011 and 
        such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2012 
        through 2016.
            ``(2) Availability of funds.--Sums appropriated under 
        paragraph (1) for any fiscal year shall remain available for 
        obligation until expended.''.

SEC. 107. HEARINGS.

    Subtitle A (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 210B. HEARINGS.

    ``The Director is authorized to conduct hearings at such times and 
places as the Director determines appropriate for carrying out the 
purposes of this subtitle.''.

SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.

    Subtitle A (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), as amended by section 107, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 210C. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Director 
shall establish one account to be used to pay the Federal 
administrative costs of carrying out this Act, and not more than a 
total of 7 percent of the funds appropriated under sections 210(f), 
214, and 275 shall be placed in such account.''.

               TITLE II--LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY

SEC. 201. PURPOSES.

    Section 212 (20 U.S.C. 9121) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) to enhance coordination among Federal programs that 
        relate to library and information services;'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``continuous'' after 
        ``promote'';
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) to promote literacy, education, and lifelong learning 
        and to enhance and expand the services and resources provided 
        by libraries, including those services and resources relating 
        to workforce development, 21st century skills, and digital 
        literacy skills;
            ``(6) to enhance the skills of the current library 
        workforce and to recruit future professionals to the field of 
        library and information services;
            ``(7) to ensure the preservation of knowledge and library 
        collections in all formats and to enable libraries to serve 
        their communities during disasters;
            ``(8) to enhance the role of libraries within the 
        information infrastructure of the United States in order to 
        support research, education, and innovation; and
            ``(9) to promote library services that provide users with 
        access to information through national, State, local, regional, 
        and international collaborations and networks.''.

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 214 (20 U.S.C. 9123) is amended--
     (a) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) to carry out chapters 1, 2, and 3, $232,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
        the fiscal years 2012 through 2016; and
            ``(2) to carry out chapter 4, $24,500,000 for fiscal year 
        2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
        years 2012 through 2016.''; and
    (b) by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 203. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.

    Section 221(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 9131(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``$340,000'' and inserting 
                ``$680,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$40,000'' and inserting 
                ``$60,000'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).

SEC. 204. STATE PLANS.

    Section 224 (20 U.S.C. 9134) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
                paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and
                    (B) after paragraph (5), by inserting the 
                following:
            ``(6) describe how the State library administrative agency 
        will work with other State agencies and offices where 
        appropriate to coordinate resources, programs, and activities 
        and leverage, but not replace, the Federal and State investment 
        in--
                    ``(A) elementary and secondary education, including 
                coordination with the activities within the State that 
                are supported by a grant under section 1251 of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 6383);
                    ``(B) early childhood education, including 
                coordination with--
                            ``(i) the State's activities carried out 
                        under subsections (b)(4) and (e)(1) of section 
                        642 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837); and
                            ``(ii) the activities described in the 
                        State's strategic plan in accordance with 
                        section 642B(a)(4)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                        9837b(a)(4)(B)(i));
                    ``(C) workforce development, including coordination 
                with--
                            ``(i) the activities carried out by the 
                        State workforce investment board under section 
                        111(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
                        (29 U.S.C. 2821(d)); and
                            ``(ii) the State's one-stop delivery system 
                        established under section 134(c) of such Act 
                        (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)); and
                    ``(D) other Federal programs and activities that 
                relate to library services, including economic and 
                community development and health information;''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2), by inserting ``, including 
        through electronic means'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 205. GRANTS.

    Section 231 (20 U.S.C. 9141) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
                semicolon the following: ``in order to support such 
                individuals' needs for education, lifelong learning, 
                workforce development, and digital literacy skills'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``electronic 
                networks;'' and inserting ``collaborations and 
                networks; and'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) (as amended by 
                subparagraph (B)) as paragraph (7), and by moving such 
                paragraph so as to appear after paragraph (6);
                    (D) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) establishing or enhancing electronic and other 
        linkages and improved coordination among and between libraries 
        and entities, as described in section 224(b)(6), for the 
        purpose of improving the quality of and access to library and 
        information services;
            ``(3)(A) providing training and professional development, 
        including continuing education, to enhance the skills of the 
        current library workforce and leadership, and advance the 
        delivery of library and information services; and
            ``(B) enhancing efforts to recruit future professionals to 
        the field of library and information services;'';
                    (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (G) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (H) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) carrying out other activities consistent with the 
        purposes set forth in section 212, as described in the State 
        library administrative agency's plan.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Special Rule.--Each State library administrative agency 
receiving funds under this chapter may apportion the funds available 
for the priorities described in subsection (a) as appropriate to meet 
the needs of the individual State.''.

SEC. 206. GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    Section 262(a) (20 U.S.C. 9162(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) building workforce and institutional capacity for 
        managing the national information infrastructure and serving 
        the information and education needs of the public;
            ``(2)(A) research and demonstration projects related to the 
        improvement of libraries or the enhancement of library and 
        information services through effective and efficient use of new 
        technologies, including projects that enable library users to 
        acquire digital literacy skills and that make information 
        resources more accessible and available; and
            ``(B) dissemination of information derived from such 
        projects;''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``digitization'' and inserting 
                ``digitizing''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, including the development of 
                national, regional, statewide, or local emergency plans 
                that would ensure the preservation of knowledge and 
                library collections in the event of a disaster'' before 
                ``; and''.

SEC. 207. LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN PROGRAM.

    Subtitle B (20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

            ``CHAPTER 4--LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIANS

``SEC. 264. LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this chapter to develop a 
diverse workforce of librarians by--
            ``(1) recruiting and educating the next generation of 
        librarians, including by encouraging middle or high school 
        students and postsecondary students to pursue careers in 
        library and information science;
            ``(2) developing faculty and library leaders, including by 
        increasing the institutional capacity of graduate schools of 
        library and information science; and
            ``(3) enhancing the training and professional development 
        of librarians and the library workforce to meet the needs of 
        their communities, including those needs relating to literacy 
        and education, workforce development, lifelong learning, and 
        digital literacy.
    ``(b) Activities.--From the amounts provided under section 
214(a)(2), the Director may enter into arrangements, including grants, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance, with 
libraries, library consortia and associations, institutions of higher 
education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), and other entities that the Director determines 
appropriate, for projects that further the purpose of this chapter, 
such as projects that--
            ``(1) increase the number of students enrolled in 
        nationally accredited graduate library and information science 
        programs and preparing for careers of service in libraries;
            ``(2) recruit future professionals, including efforts to 
        attract promising middle school, high school, or postsecondary 
        students to consider careers in library and information 
        science;
            ``(3) develop or enhance professional development programs 
        for librarians and the library workforce;
            ``(4) enhance curricula within nationally accredited 
        graduate library and information science programs;
            ``(5) enhance doctoral education in order to develop 
        faculty to educate the future generation of library 
        professionals and develop the future generation of library 
        leaders; and
            ``(6) conduct research, including research to support the 
        successful recruitment and education of the next generation of 
        librarians.
    ``(c) Evaluation.--The Director shall establish procedures for 
reviewing and evaluating projects supported under this chapter.''.

SEC. 208. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 4(a) (20 U.S.C. 953(a)), by striking 
        ``Institute of Museum Services'' and inserting ``Institute of 
        Museum and Library Services''; and
            (2) in section 9 (20 U.S.C. 958), by striking ``Institute 
        of Museum Services'' each place the term appears and inserting 
        ``Institute of Museum and Library Services''.

                       TITLE III--MUSEUM SERVICES

SEC. 301. PURPOSE.

    Section 272 (20 U.S.C. 9171) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``through international, 
        national, regional, State, and local networks and 
        partnerships'' after ``services'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) to encourage and support museums as a part of 
        economic development and revitalization in communities;
            ``(8) to ensure museums of various types and sizes in 
        diverse geographic regions of the United States are afforded 
        attention and support; and
            ``(9) to support efforts at the State level to leverage 
        museum resources and maximize museum services.''.

SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 273(1) (20 U.S.C. 9172(1)) is amended by inserting 
``includes museums that have tangible and digital collections and'' 
after ``Such term''.

SEC. 303. MUSEUM SERVICES ACTIVITIES.

    Section 274 (20 U.S.C. 9173) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``, States, local governments,'' after ``with 
                museums'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (10) as 
                paragraphs (6) through (11), respectively;
                    (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(3) supporting the conservation and preservation of 
        museum collections, including efforts to--
                    ``(A) provide optimal conditions for storage, 
                exhibition, and use;
                    ``(B) prepare for and respond to disasters and 
                emergency situations;
                    ``(C) establish endowments for conservation; and
                    ``(D) train museum staff in collections care;
            ``(4) supporting efforts at the State level to leverage 
        museum resources, including statewide assessments of museum 
        services and needs and development of State plans to improve 
        and maximize museum services through the State;
            ``(5) stimulating greater collaboration, in order to share 
        resources and strengthen communities, among museums and--
                    ``(A) libraries;
                    ``(B) schools;
                    ``(C) international, Federal, State, regional, and 
                local agencies or organizations;
                    ``(D) nongovernmental organizations; and
                    ``(E) other community organizations;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``broadcast media'' and 
                inserting ``media, including new ways to disseminate 
                information,''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``at all levels,'' and 
                inserting ``, and the skills of museum staff, at all 
                levels, and to support the development of the next 
                generation of museum leaders and professionals,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Grant distribution.--In awarding grants, the Director 
        shall take into consideration the equitable distribution of 
        grants to museums of various types and sizes and to different 
        geographic areas of the United States''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``awards''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, 
                        but subsequent'' and inserting ``. 
                        Subsequent''.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 275 (20 U.S.C. 9176) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Grants.--For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director $38,600,000 for 
fiscal year 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2012 through 2016.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Funding Rules.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subtitle, if the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal 
year is greater than the amount appropriated under such subsection for 
fiscal year 2011 by more than $10,000,000, then an amount of not less 
than 30 percent but not more than 50 percent of the increase in 
appropriated funds shall be available, from the funds appropriated 
under such subsection for the fiscal year, to enter into arrangements 
under section 274 to carry out the State assessments described in 
section 274(a)(4) and to assist States in the implementation of such 
plans.''.

     TITLE IV--REPEAL OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND 
                        INFORMATION SCIENCE ACT

SEC. 401. REPEAL.

    (a) In General.--The National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science Act (20 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Transfer of Functions.--The functions that the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science exercised before the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be transferred to the Institute of 
Museum and Library Services established under section 203 of the Museum 
and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9102).
    (c) Transfer and Allocation of Appropriations and Personnel.--The 
personnel and the assets, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds 
employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made 
available for the functions and activities vested by law in the 
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science shall be 
transferred to the Institute of Museum and Library Services upon the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) References.--Any reference to the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science in any Federal law, Executive Order, 
rule, delegation of authority, or document shall be construed to refer 
to the Institute of Museum and Library Services when the reference 
regards functions transferred under subsection (b).
                                                       Calendar No. 671

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3984

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                                 A BILL

To amend and extend the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                            December 3, 2010

                       Reported without amendment