2013 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (§§ 131 - 185)
Section 131 - Collections composing Library; location
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sec. 131 - Collections composing Library; location |
Contains | section 131 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | R.S. §80; Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, §1, 29 Stat. 545, 546; Pub. L. 94-553, title I, §105(g), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 100-202, §101(i) [title III, §310], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-290, 1329-310. |
Statutes at Large References | 2 Stat. 128 3 Stat. 195, 246 13 Stat. 148 14 Stat. 365, 464 24 Stat. 12 29 Stat. 545 71 Stat. 368 75 Stat. 544 78 Stat. 183 90 Stat. 2599 101 Stat. 1329-290 |
Public Law References | Public Law 85-147, Public Law 87-263, Public Law 88-299, Public Law 94-553, Public Law 100-202 |
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The Library of Congress, composed of the books, maps, and other publications which on December 1, 1873, remained in existence, from the collections theretofore united under authority of law and those added from time to time by purchase, exchange, donation, reservation from publications ordered by Congress, acquisition of material under the copyright law, and otherwise, shall be preserved in the Library Building.
(R.S. §80; Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, §1, 29 Stat. 545, 546; Pub. L. 94–553, title I, §105(g), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 100–202, §101(i) [title III, §310], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–310.)
CODIFICATIONR.S. §80 derived from act Jan. 26, 1802, ch. 2, 2 Stat. 128; Res. Oct. 21, 1814, No. 3, 3 Stat. 246; act Jan. 30, 1815, ch. 27, 3 Stat. 195; act June 25, 1864, ch. 147, §1, 13 Stat. 148; Res. July 25, 1866, No. 77, 14 Stat. 365; and act Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, §1, 14 Stat. 464.
AMENDMENTS1987—Pub. L. 100–202 struck out after first sentence “The law library shall be preserved in the Capitol in the rooms which were on July 4, 1872, appropriated to its use, and in such others as may hereafter be assigned thereto.”
1976—Pub. L. 94–553 substituted “acquisition of material under the copyright law” for “deposit to secure copyright”.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 94–553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94–553 set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights.
TRANSFER TO LIBRARY BUILDINGProvisions for the removal of the Library to the Library Building, erected pursuant to act Apr. 15, 1886, ch. 50, 24 Stat. 12, and for the custody, care, and maintenance of that building, were made by act Feb. 19, 1897.
ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING OF PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS; APPROPRIATIONPub. L. 85–147, Aug. 16, 1957, 71 Stat. 368, as amended by Pub. L. 87–263, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 544; Pub. L. 88–299, Apr. 27, 1964, 78 Stat. 183, provided: “That the Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to arrange, index and microfilm the papers of the Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress, in order to preserve their contents against destruction by war or other calamity and for the purpose of making them more readily available for study and research to the fullest possible extent consistent with any existing limitations that may have been imposed on the use of or the access to such papers by their donors or by those placing them on deposit with the Library of Congress. Neither the United States nor any officer or employee of the United States shall be liable for damages for infringement of literary property rights by reason of any activity authorized by this Act.
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