Volume 75
Public Law 87–263
To amend the Act of August 16, 1957, relating to microfilming of papers of Presidents of the United States, to remove certain liabilities of the United States with respect to such activities.
Approved September 21, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of August 16, 1957, relating to microfilming of papers of Presidents of the United States, to remove certain liabilities of the United States with respect to such activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act entitled “An Act to organize and microfilm papers of Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress”, approved
August 16, 1957 (Public Law 85–147; 71 Stat. 368), is amended by adding at the end of the first section thereof the following new sentence: “Neither the United States nor any officer or employee of the United States shall be liable for damages for infringement of literary property rights by reason of any activity authorized by this Act.”.
Approved September 21, 1961.