1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 16 - PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION
SUBCHAPTER I - PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES
Sec. 352 - Grants to States for public library services

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§352. Grants to States for public library services

The Secretary shall carry out a program of making grants from sums appropriated pursuant to section 351b(a)(1) of this title to States which have approved basic State plans under section 351d of this title and have submitted annual programs under section 354 of this title—

(1) for the extension of public library services to areas and populations without such services and the improvement of such services to areas and populations to ensure that such services are adequate to meet user needs and to make library services accessible to individuals who, by reason of distance, residence, handicap, age, literacy level, or other disadvantage, are unable to receive the benefits of public library services regularly made available to the public;

(2) for adapting public library services to meet particular needs of individuals within the States;

(3) for assisting libraries to serve as community information referral centers;

(4) for assisting libraries in providing literacy programs for adults and school dropouts in cooperation with other agencies and organizations, if appropriate;

(5) for assisting libraries in developing intergenerational library programs that will match older adult volunteers with libraries interested in developing after school 1 literacy and reading skills programs for unsupervised school children during afterschool hours;

(6) for assisting libraries in providing mobile library services and programs to child-care providers or child-care centers which are licensed or certified by the State, or otherwise meet the requirements of State law;

(7) to establish and support model library literacy centers, coordinated by the State library administrative agency with other interested State agencies and nonprofit organizations to reduce the number of functionally illiterate individuals and to help them reach full employment;

(8) for assisting libraries in providing and displaying educational materials, and conducting community-wide programs, aimed at preventing and eliminating drug abuse, in cooperation with local education agencies or other agencies or organizations, if appropriate;

(9) for strengthening State library administrative agencies;

(10) for strengthening major urban resource libraries; and

(11) for assisting public libraries in making effective use of technology to improve library and information services.

(June 19, 1956, ch. 407, title I, §101, formerly §3, 70 Stat. 293; Aug. 31, 1960, Pub. L. 86–679, §1, 74 Stat. 571; renumbered title I, §101, and amended Feb. 11, 1964, Pub. L. 88–269, §§1(a)(2), 2, 7(a), 78 Stat. 11–13; July 19, 1966, Pub. L. 89–511, §3, 80 Stat. 313; Dec. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–600, §2(b), 84 Stat. 1666; Oct. 7, 1977, Pub. L. 95–123, §4(c), 91 Stat. 1096; Oct. 17, 1984, Pub. L. 98–480, title I, §§103(b)(1), 109, 98 Stat. 2237, 2240; Mar. 15, 1990, Pub. L. 101–254, §§9–12, 16(b), 24(2), 104 Stat. 104, 105, 113.)

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–254, §24(2), inserted “public” before “library” in section catchline.

Par. (5). Pub. L. 101–254, §9(2), added par. (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (9).

Par. (6). Pub. L. 101–254, §10, added par. (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (10).

Par. (7). Pub. L. 101–254, §11, added par. (7).

Par. (8). Pub. L. 101–254, §12, added par. (8).

Pars. (9), (10). Pub. L. 101–254, §9(1), redesignated pars. (5) and (6) as (9) and (10), respectively.

Par. (11). Pub. L. 101–254, §16(b), added par. (11).

1984—Pub. L. 98–480, §109, designated part of existing provisions as pars. (1), (2), (5), and (6), in par. (1) substituted reference to improvement of services to ensure that such services are adequate to meet user needs for reference to improvement of services in areas in which such services are inadequate and reference to handicap, age, and literacy level for reference to physical handicap, respectively, in par. (5) substituted reference to strengthening State library administrative agencies for reference to improving and strengthening library administrative agencies, and added pars. (3) and (4).

Pub. L. 98–480, §103(b)(1), substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

1977—Pub. L. 95–123 inserted “and in strengthening major urban resource libraries” after “library administrative agencies”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–600 substituted provisions authorizing Commissioner to make grants to States for public library services for provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. See section 351b of this title.

1966—Pub. L. 89–511 authorized appropriation of ,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, ,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, ,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, ,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, ,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and struck out provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal years ending between June 30, 1957, and June 30, 1966.

1964—Pub. L. 88–269, §§1(a)(2), 2, struck out “rural” before “areas”; substituted “are” for “is hereby” before “authorized” and “next six fiscal years” for “nine succeeding fiscal years” and inserted “, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, the sum of ,000,000, and for each of the next two fiscal years such sums as the Congress may determine,” after “,500,000”.

1960—Pub. L. 86–679 substituted “nine succeeding fiscal years” for “four succeeding fiscal years”.

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–254 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 25 of Pub. L. 101–254, set out as a note under section 351a of this title.

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 91–600 effective after June 30, 1971, see section 2(c)(1) of Pub. L. 91–600, set out as a note under section 351 of this title.

Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

Section 1(f) of Pub. L. 88–269 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) [amending this section] shall apply in the case of appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1964. The amendments made by subsection (b) [amending section 353 of this title] shall apply in the case of allotments from appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1964. The amendments made by subsection (c) [amending section 354 of this title] shall apply in the case of expenditures under State plans for periods after June 30, 1964. The amendment made by subsection (e) [amending section 358 of this title] shall become effective July 1, 1964.”

1 So in original. Probably should be “afterschool”.