2 U.S.C. § 131 Collections Composing Library; Location

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023 Edition
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-19 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/06/2023)

The Library of Congress, composed of the books, maps, and other publications which on December 1, 1873, remained in existence, from the collections theretofore united under authority of law and those added from time to time by purchase, exchange, donation, reservation from publications ordered by Congress, acquisition of material under the copyright law, and otherwise, shall be preserved in the Library Building.

Cite as 2 U.S.C. § 131

Source: R.S. §80; Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, §1, 29 Stat. 545, 546; Pub. L. 94-553, title I, §105(g), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 100-202, §101(i) [title III, §310], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-290, 1329-310.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 6/12/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

R.S. §80 derived from act Jan. 26, 1802, ch. 2, 2 Stat. 128; Res. Oct. 21, 1814, No. 3, 3 Stat. 246; act Jan. 30, 1815, ch. 27, 3 Stat. 195; act June 25, 1864, ch. 147, §1, 13 Stat. 148; Res. July 25, 1866, No. 77, 14 Stat. 365; and act Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, §1, 14 Stat. 464.

AMENDMENTS

1987- Pub. L. 100-202 struck out after first sentence "The law library shall be preserved in the Capitol in the rooms which were on July 4, 1872, appropriated to its use, and in such others as may hereafter be assigned thereto."

1976- Pub. L. 94-553 substituted "acquisition of material under the copyright law" for "deposit to secure copyright".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 94-553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94-553 set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights.

SHORT TITLE OF 2019 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 116-94, div. P, title XIV, §14011401,, 133 Stat. 3206, provided that: "This title [amending sections 135a, 136a-2, and 166 of this title, sections 701, 802, and 803 of Title 17, Copyrights, and section 2103 of Title 20, Education, repealing section 135a-1 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 802 of Title 17] may be cited as the 'Library of Congress Technical Corrections Act of 2019'."