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Bill114th CongressFiled May 13, 2016Congress
H.R. 5227

Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016

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What it doesSummary reported to house without amendment, part i (Jul 25, 2016)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents.

(Sec. 3) The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used for:

  • preparing collection materials for long-term storage; and
  • transferring amounts to the Architect of the Capitol for designing, constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping collections preservation and storage facilities for the Library of Congress, or for acquiring real property by lease for the preservation and storage of Library of Congress collections.

The Library of Congress shall report a plan for expenditures from the fund in its first five fiscal years of operation.

(Sec. 4) The bill requires continued service on the Joint Committee on the Library in a new Congress, until new committee members are appointed, of Members of Congress who served on such Committee in the previous Congress.

The bill also sets forth requirements for determining who shall serve as Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library before its first organizational meeting in a new Congress.

What just happenedSep 28, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 624.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10](R-MI)Sponsor
2 cosponsors1 D1 R
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  1. Sep 28, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 624.

  2. Sep 28, 2016DischargeH12300

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  3. Sep 28, 2016Committee5500

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  4. Jul 25, 2016IntroReferralH11210

    House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 30, 2016.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  5. Jul 25, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-706, Part I.

    Committee on House Administration
  6. Jul 25, 2016Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-706, Part I.

    Committee on House Administration
  7. May 16, 2016Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

    Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
  8. May 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  9. May 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Committee on House Administration
  10. May 13, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  11. May 13, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  12. May 13, 2016IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House without amendment, Part IJul 25, 201628

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents.

(Sec. 3) The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used for:

  • preparing collection materials for long-term storage; and
  • transferring amounts to the Architect of the Capitol for designing, constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping collections preservation and storage facilities for the Library of Congress, or for acquiring real property by lease for the preservation and storage of Library of Congress collections.

The Library of Congress shall report a plan for expenditures from the fund in its first five fiscal years of operation.

(Sec. 4) The bill requires continued service on the Joint Committee on the Library in a new Congress, until new committee members are appointed, of Members of Congress who served on such Committee in the previous Congress.

The bill also sets forth requirements for determining who shall serve as Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library before its first organizational meeting in a new Congress.

Introduced in HouseMay 13, 2016

Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents.

The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used directly for preparing collection materials for long-term storage.

The bill also provides for the continued service on the Joint Committee on the Library in a new Congress of Members of Congress who served on such Committee in the previous Congress.

Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016 — Informed