                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 131. Collections composing Library; location

    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. Sec. 80; Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, Sec. 1, 29 Stat. 545, 546; Pub. 
L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 105(g), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 
100-202, Sec. 101(i) [title III, Sec. 310], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1329-290, 1329-310.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 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, Sec. 1, 13 Stat. 148; Res. July 
25, 1866, No. 77, 14 Stat. 365; and act Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, Sec. 1, 
14 Stat. 464.


                               Amendments

    1987--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 Amendment

    Amendment 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 Building

    Provisions 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; Appropriation

    Pub. 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.
    ``Sec. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.''
