                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 143b. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other 
        charges
        
    From and after October 1, 1980, payments in advance for 
subscriptions or other charges for bibliographical data, publications, 
materials in any other form, and services may be made by the Librarian 
of Congress whenever he determines it to be more prompt, efficient, or 
economical to do so in the interest of carrying out required Library 
programs.

(Pub. L. 96-536, Sec. 101(c), Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3167.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 204 of title II of H.R. 7593, as passed 
the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980, and incorporated by 
reference in section 101(c) of Pub. L. 96-536, to be effective as if 
enacted into law.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 96-86, Sec. 101(c) [H.R. 4390, title II, Sec. 204], Oct. 12, 
1979, 93 Stat. 657.
    Pub. L. 95-391, title II, Sec. 204, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 786.
    Pub. L. 95-94, title II, Sec. 204, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 677.
    Pub. L. 94-440, title VIII, Sec. 804, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1457.
    Pub. L. 94-59, title VII, Sec. 704, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 295.
    Pub. L. 93-371, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 441.
    Pub. L. 93-145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 545.
    Pub. L. 92-342, July 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 447.
    Pub. L. 92-51, July 9, 1971, 85 Stat. 142.
    Pub. L. 91-382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 823.
    Pub. L. 91-145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 357.
    Pub. L. 90-417, July 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 411.
    Pub. L. 90-57, July 28, 1967, 81 Stat. 140.
