2 USC § 131 - Collections composing Library; location

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title: "2 USC § 131 - Collections composing Library; location"
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section_number: "131"
section_name: "Collections composing Library; location"
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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.)"
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# § 131. Collections composing Library; location

December 1, 1873

The Library of Congress, composed of the books, maps, and other publications which on , 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.

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**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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 80 derived from , ; Res. , No. 3, ; , ; , ; Res. , No. 77, ; and , .

### Amendments

1987— struck out after first sentence “The law library shall be preserved in the Capitol in the rooms which were on , appropriated to its use, and in such others as may hereafter be assigned thereto.”

1976— substituted “acquisition of material under the copyright law” for “deposit to secure copyright”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see  set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Copyrights.

### Short Title of 2019 Amendment

> “This title [amending sections 135a, 136a–2, and 166 of this title, sections 701, 802, and 803 of Title 17, Copyrights, and
> 
> , Education, repealing
> 
> and enacting provisions set out as a note under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Library of Congress Technical Corrections Act of 2019’.”

, , , provided that:

> “This title [amending sections 185 and 1808 of this title and sections 3902 and 3903 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents] may be cited as the ‘Legislative Branch Inspectors General Independence Act of 2019’.”

, , , provided that:

### Transfer to Library Building

Provisions for the removal of the Library to the Library Building, erected pursuant to , , and for the custody, care, and maintenance of that building, were made by act .

### Organizing and Microfilming of Presidential Papers; Appropriation

> **“Sec. 2.**
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> There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.”

, , , as amended by , , ; , , , provided: