[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 28, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45313-45314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16270]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

36 CFR Part 701

[Docket No. 2020-2]


Amendments Regarding International Service

AGENCY: Library of Congress.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Library of Congress is adopting amendments to allow for 
international service for loans of library materials for blind and 
other print disabled persons, as authorized by Title XIV of the Library 
of Congress Technical Corrections Act of 2019.

DATES: Effective July 28, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Vartanian, Senior Counsel, 
Library of Congress Office of the General Counsel, 202-707-7205, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Librarian of Congress is authorized to 
make regulations with respect to the Library of Congress (2 U.S.C. 
136). Since

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neither the Federal Register Act nor the Administrative Procedure Act 
has binding effect on the legislative branch, the Library of Congress 
is not required to publish its regulations in the CFR. However, because 
the purpose of the CFR is to ``notify industry, general business, and 
the people'' (Toledo, P & W.R.R. v. Stover, 60 F. Supp. 587 (S.D. Ill. 
1945)), it is appropriate for the Library to continue publishing those 
regulations which affect the rights and responsibilities of, and 
restrictions on, the public.
    The Library of Congress is adopting amendments to allow for 
international service for loans of library materials for blind and 
other print disabled persons, as authorized by Title XIV of the Library 
of Congress Technical Corrections Act of 2019.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 701

    Libraries, Seals and insignia.

Final Regulation

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Library of Congress 
amends 36 CFR part 701 as follows:

PART 701--PROCEDURES AND SERVICES

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1. The authority citation for part 701 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  2 U.S.C. 136; 18 U.S.C. 1017.


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2. Amend Sec.  701.6 by redesignating paragraph (h) as paragraph (i) 
and adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:


Sec.  701.6   Loans of library materials for blind and other physically 
handicapped persons.

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    (h) International service. The Librarian of Congress is authorized 
by Public Law 116-94, Title XIV, the Library of Congress Technical 
Corrections Act of 2019, to provide literary works published in raised 
characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other 
accessible format, and musical scores, instructional texts, and other 
specialized materials used in furthering educational, vocational, and 
cultural opportunities in the field of music published in any 
accessible format, to authorized entities located in a country that is 
a party to the Marrakesh Treaty, if any such items are delivered to 
authorized entities through online, not physical, means. The Librarian 
may contract or otherwise arrange with such authorized entities to 
deliver such items to eligible persons located in their countries in 
any accessible format and consistent with section 121A of title 17, 
United States Code. ``Eligible persons'' for the purpose of this 
paragraph (h) has the meaning given it in 17 U.S.C. 121. Each 
authorized entity shall be contractually required to ensure that items 
originating from the Library of Congress are distributed only to 
eligible persons.
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    Dated: July 22, 2020.
Carla D. Hayden,
Librarian of Congress.
[FR Doc. 2020-16270 Filed 7-27-20; 8:45 am]
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