[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5264 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5264

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2016

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    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.

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

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.''.
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