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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 5 — Library of Congress

§ 150. Sale of copies of card indexes and other publications

Statutory text

The Librarian of Congress is authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may desire to buy them, such copies of the card indexes and other publications of the Library as may not be required for its ordinary transactions, and charge for the same a price which will cover their cost and ten per centum added, and all moneys received by him shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be credited to the appropriation for necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 57–1301 § 1 · 32 Stat. 419

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 150

    June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480

  2. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978

    Pub. L. 95–94 title IV § 405(a) · 91 Stat. 1254

    Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 150

    Pub. L. 95–94 inserted provisions relating to crediting of the moneys deposited in the Treasury

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–94 inserted provisions relating to crediting of the moneys deposited in the Treasury.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) The paragraph beginning “The Librarian of Congress” under heading “PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING” in the Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150). is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof “and shall be credited to the appropriation for necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 405(b), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 682, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1977.”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1977—Pub. L. 95–94 inserted provisions relating to crediting of the moneys deposited in the Treasury.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 405(b), , 91 Stat. 682, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on .”

Credits

1902–1977 · 2 acts
  1. 1902June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480
  2. 1977Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 405(a), , 91 Stat. 682.
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(June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 405(a), , 91 Stat. 682.)

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