Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 5 — Library of Congress
§ 169. Positions in Library of Congress exempt from citizenship requirement
Statutory text
From and after , not to exceed fifteen positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress.
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.
Pub. L. 98–51 title II § 202 · 97 Stat. 263
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 169
(Pub. L. 98–51, title II, § 202, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 276.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–51, title II, § 202, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 276.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 202. From and after October 1, 1983, not to exceed fifteen positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
, Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e) [S. 2939, title II, § 202], 96 Stat. 1189.
, Pub. L. 97–51, § 101(c) [H.R. 4120, title II, § 202], 95 Stat. 959.
, Pub. L. 96–536, § 101(c) [H.R. 7593, title II, § 202], 94 Stat. 3167.
, Pub. L. 96–86, § 101(c) [H.R. 4390, title II, § 202], 93 Stat. 657.
, Pub. L. 95–391, title II, § 202, 92 Stat. 785.
, Pub. L. 95–94, title II, § 202, 91 Stat. 677.
, Pub. L. 94–440, title VIII, § 802, 90 Stat. 1457.
, Pub. L. 94–59, title VII, § 702, 89 Stat. 294.
, Pub. L. 93–371, 88 Stat. 441.
, Pub. L. 93–145, 87 Stat. 547.
, Pub. L. 92–342, 86 Stat. 446.
, Pub. L. 92–51, 85 Stat. 141.
, Pub. L. 91–382, 84 Stat. 823.
, Pub. L. 91–145, 83 Stat. 357.
, Pub. L. 90–417, 82 Stat. 411.
, Pub. L. 90–57, 81 Stat. 140.
, Pub. L. 89–545, 80 Stat. 368.
, Pub. L. 89–90, 79 Stat. 280.
, Pub. L. 88–454, 78 Stat. 548.
, Pub. L. 88–248, 77 Stat. 816.
, Pub. L. 87–730, 76 Stat. 692.
, Pub. L. 87–130, 75 Stat. 333.
, Pub. L. 86–628, 74 Stat. 459.
, Pub. L. 86–176, 73 Stat. 411.
, Pub. L. 85–570, 72 Stat. 452.
, Pub. L. 85–75, 71 Stat. 255.
June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 368.
Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, 69 Stat. 518.
July 2, 1954, ch. 455, 68 Stat. 408.
Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, 67 Stat. 330.
July 9, 1952, ch. 598, 66 Stat. 476.
Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 485, 65 Stat. 400.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. II, 64 Stat. 606.
June 22, 1949, ch. 235, 63 Stat. 228.
June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 434.
July 17, 1947, ch. 262, 61 Stat. 374.
July 1, 1946, ch. 530, 60 Stat. 405.
June 13, 1945, ch. 189, 59 Stat. 256.
June 26, 1944, ch. 277, 58 Stat. 351.
June 28, 1943, ch. 173, 57 Stat. 236.