2 USC § 132a - Appropriations for increase of general library

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title: "2 USC § 132a - Appropriations for increase of general library"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "132a"
section_name: "Appropriations for increase of general library"
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chapter_name: "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 82; Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, 32 Stat. 735; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)"
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# § 132a. Appropriations for increase of general library

The unexpended balance of any sums appropriated by Congress for the increase of the general library, together with such sums as may hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 82; Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, 32 Stat. 735; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 82 derived from acts , , and , .

### Amendments

1946—Act , changed composition of Joint Committee. See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1946 Amendment

Amendment by act , effective , see section 245 of that act, set out as a note under .