[105th Congress Public Law 128]
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MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS OF 1997
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Public Law 105-128
105th Congress
An Act
To make technical and conforming amendments to the Museum and Library
Services Act, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 1, 1997 - [S.
1505]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Museum and
Library Services Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1997.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 20 USC 9101 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Museum and Library Services Technical
and Conforming Amendments of 1997''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 20 USC 9105.>> APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
Section 206 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9105
et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Appointment and Compensation of Technical and Professional
Employees.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Director
may appoint without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing the appointment in the competitive
service and may compensate without regard to the provisions of
chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title
(relating to the classification and General Schedule pay rates),
such technical and professional employees as the Director
determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of the
Institute.
``(2) Number and compensation.--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. 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.''.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL LIBRARIES.
Section 213(2)(E) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9122(2)(E)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or other special library'' after ``a
private library''; and
(2) by inserting ``or special'' after ``such private''.
SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS.
Section 221(a)(1) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9131(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1\1/2\ percent'' and
inserting ``1.75 percent''; and
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``4 percent'' and
inserting ``3.75 percent''.
SEC. 5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
The second sentence of section 223(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Museum and
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9133(c)(1)(A)(i)) is amended to read as
follows: ``The amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal
year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a fraction--
``(I) the numerator of which is the
result obtained by subtracting the level
of such State expenditures for the
fiscal year for which the determination
is made, from the average of the total
level of such State expenditures for the
3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year
for which the determination is made; and
``(II) the denominator of which is
the average of the total level of such
State expenditures for the 3 fiscal
years preceding the fiscal year for
which the determination is made.''.
SEC. 6. SERVICE TO INDIAN TRIBES.
Section 261 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9161)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``INDIAN TRIBES''
and inserting ``NATIVE AMERICANS''; and
(2) by striking ``to organizations'' and all that follows
through ``such organizations'' and inserting ``to Indian tribes
and to organizations that primarily serve and represent Native
Hawaiians (as the term is defined in section 9212 of the Native
Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7912) to enable such tribes
and organizations''.
SEC. 7. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.
Section 262 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9162)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS'' and inserting ``NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``program awarding national
leadership grants or contracts'' and inserting ``program
of awarding grants or entering into contracts or
cooperative agreements''; and
(B) by striking ``Such grants or contracts'' and
inserting ``Such grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the section heading, by striking ``(b) Grants
or Contracts'' and inserting ``(b) Grants, Contracts, or
Cooperative Agreements''; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or cooperative
agreements,'' after ``contracts''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Grants and
contracts'' and inserting ``Grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements''.
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SEC. 8. CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
Section 262(a)(3) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9162(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``preservation of digitization'' and
inserting ``preserving or digitization''.
Approved December 1, 1997.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1505:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997):
Nov. 9, considered and passed Senate.
Nov. 13, considered and passed House.
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