[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7224]
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       LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS SUCCESSION MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2015

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 2162, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2162) to establish a 10-year term for the 
     service of the Librarian of Congress.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2162) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2162

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Librarian of Congress 
     Succession Modernization Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE OF LIBRARIAN OF 
                   CONGRESS.

       (a) In General.--The President shall appoint the Librarian 
     of Congress, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate.
       (b) Term of Service.--The Librarian of Congress shall be 
     appointed for a term of 10 years.
       (c) Reappointment.--An individual appointed to the position 
     of Librarian of Congress, by and with the advice and consent 
     of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in 
     accordance with subsections (a) and (b).
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to appointments made on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

       The first paragraph under the center heading ``library of 
     congress'' under the center heading ``LEGISLATIVE'' of the 
     Act entitled ``An Act Making appropriations for the 
     legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the 
     Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
     eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes'', 
     approved February 19, 1897 (29 Stat. 544, chapter 265; 2 
     U.S.C. 136), is amended by striking ``to be appointed by the 
     President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate,''.

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