1995 U.S. Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 16 - PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION
SUBCHAPTER I - PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES
Sec. 354 - Annual State program for library services; submission; contents; limitation on reduction of funds; ratable reduction

Any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment for the purposes of this subchapter for any fiscal year shall, in addition to having submitted, and having had approved, a basic State plan under section 351d of this title, submit for that fiscal year an annual program for library services. Such program shall be submitted at such time, in such form, and contain such information as the Secretary may require by regulation, and shall—

(1) set forth a program, subject to clause (2) of this section, for the year submitted under which funds paid to the State from appropriations pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 351b(a) of this title for that year will be used, consistent with its long-range program, solely for the purposes set forth in section 353 of this title;

(2) set forth a program for the year submitted under which the amount reserved by the State under section 353(c) of this title, if applicable, will be used for the purposes set forth in clause (3) of section 353(a) of this title;

(3) set forth the criteria used in allocating such funds among such purposes, which criteria shall insure that the State will expend from Federal, State, and local sources an amount not less than the amount expended by the State from such sources for State institutional library services, and library services to the physically handicapped during the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made;

(4) describe the uses of funds for programs for the elderly;

(5) describe the uses of funds to make library services and programs more accessible to handicapped individuals.1

(6) include such information, policies, and procedures as will assure that the activities to be carried out during that year are consistent with the long-range program; and

(7) include an extension of the long-range program, taking into consideration the results of evaluations.

No State shall, in carrying out the provisions of clause (2) of this section, reduce the amount paid to an urban resource library below the amount that such library received in the year preceding the year for which the determination is made under such clause (2). The amount which a State is required to expend pursuant to clause (3) of this section shall be ratably reduced to the extent that Federal allocations to the State are reduced and to the extent that the Secretary determines that the populations served by such expenditures has declined.

(June 19, 1956, ch. 407, title I, §103, formerly §5, 70 Stat. 293; renumbered title I, §103, and amended Feb. 11, 1964, Pub. L. 88–269, §§1(c), 4, 7(a), 78 Stat. 11–13; Dec. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–600, §2(b), 84 Stat. 1667; Oct. 7, 1977, Pub. L. 95–123, §§4(f), 5, 91 Stat. 1096, 1097; Oct. 17, 1984, Pub. L. 98–480, title I, §§103(b)(1), 111, 98 Stat. 2237, 2241; Mar. 15, 1990, Pub. L. 101–254, §§7(b), 15, 104 Stat. 103, 105.)

1990—Pub. L. 101–254, §7(b), inserted before period at end of last sentence “and to the extent that the Secretary determines that the populations served by such expenditures has declined”.

Par. (3). Pub. L. 101–254, §15(1), struck out “and institutionalized individuals” after “physically handicapped”.

Par. (4). Pub. L. 101–254, §15(2), struck out “, which may include (A) the training of librarians to work with the elderly; (B) the conduct of special library programs for the elderly particularly for the elderly who are handicapped; (C) the purchase of special library materials for use by the elderly; (D) the payment of salaries for elderly persons who wish to work in libraries as assistants on programs for the elderly; (E) the provision of in-home visits by librarians and other library personnel to the elderly; (F) the establishment of outreach programs to notify the elderly of library services available to them; and (G) the furnishing of transportation to enable the elderly to have access to library services” after first reference to “elderly”.

Par. (5). Pub. L. 101–254, §15(3), added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: “describe the manner in which funds for programs for handicapped individuals will be used to make library services more accessible to such individuals;”.

1984—Pub. L. 98–480, §§103(b)(1), 111, substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner” in provisions preceding par. (1), inserted “and institutionalized individuals” after “handicapped” in par. (3), added pars. (4) and (5) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (6) and (7), respectively; and inserted provision at end that the amount which a State is required to expend pursuant to par. (3) shall be ratably reduced to the extent that Federal allocations to the State are reduced.

1977—Pub. L. 95–123 in cl. (1) inserted “, subject to clause (2) of this section,” after “set forth a program”, added cl. (2), redesignated former cl. (2) as (3) and substituted “the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made” for “the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971”, redesignated former cls. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively, and inserted sentence at end.

1970—Pub. L. 91–600 substituted provisions requiring submission by any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment for any fiscal year of an annual program for library services for that fiscal year, and setting forth the required contents of such program, for provisions setting forth the criteria for approval by the Commissioner of State plans for the further extension of public library services. See section 351d of this title.

1964—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88–269, §1(c)(1), struck out “to rural areas” after “public library services”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 88–269, §§1(c)(2), 4, struck out “rural” before “areas”.

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.

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.

Amendment by section 1(c) of Pub. L. 88–269 applicable in the case of expenditures under State plans for periods after June 30, 1964, see section 1(f) of Pub. L. 88–269, set out as a note under section 352 of this title.

Section 4 of Pub. L. 88–269 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective July 1, 1963.

This section is referred to in sections 352, 353 of this title.

1 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.