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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 5 — Library of Congress

§ 156. Gifts, etc., to Library of Congress Trust Fund Board

Statutory text

The Board is authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library, its collections, or its service, as may be approved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on 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. 68–423 § 2 · 43 Stat. 1107

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 156

    (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, formerly § 1, 43 Stat. 1107, renumbered Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, formerly § 1, 43 Stat. 1107, renumbered Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is comprised of first par. of section 2 of act . Second, third, and fourth pars. of section 2 are classified to sections 157, 158, and 158a of this title, respectively.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, formerly § 1, 43 Stat. 1107, renumbered Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.)

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