Volume 71
Public Law 85–147
To organize and microfilm the papers of Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Approved August 16, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To organize and microfilm the papers of Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to arrange, index and micro-film 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.
Sec. 2.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 1,
Appropriation.
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $720,000 to remain available until expended.
Approved August 16, 1957.