§141b — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

The Librarian of Congress must set rules for keeping the Library’s collections and property safe and for keeping order and good behavior inside the Library. The Librarian and the Chief of the Capitol Police must work together to run security at the Library buildings and grounds listed in law. The Librarian will design security systems and run security at Library sites outside Washington, D.C., but the Chief of the Capitol Police must review and approve those designs and off‑site operations. By October 1, 2008, the Chief of the Capitol Police, working with the Librarian, must send an initial plan for how to do this to the Committee on House Administration, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Appropriations Committees of both the House and Senate. The law also refers to sections 141, 141a, 1964, and 1965.

Title 2, §141b

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(a)The Librarian of Congress shall establish standards and regulations for the physical security, control, and preservation of the Library of Congress collections and property, and for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum within Library of Congress.

(b)(1)In accordance with the authority of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress established under this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the provisions of law referred to in paragraph (3), the Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the operation of security systems at the Library of Congress buildings and grounds described under section 167j of this title, in consultation and coordination with each other, subject to the following:

(A)The Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the design of security systems for the control and preservation of Library collections and property, subject to the review and approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police.

(B)The Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the operation of security systems at any building or facility of the Library of Congress which is located outside of the District of Columbia, subject to the review and approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police.

(2)Not later than October 1, 2008, the Chief of the Capitol Police, in coordination with the Librarian of Congress, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an initial proposal for carrying out this subsection.

(3)The provisions of law referred to in this paragraph are as follows:

(A)section 141 of this title.

(B)section 141a of this title.

(C)section 1964 of this title.

(D)section 1965 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 110–178, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2546, known as the U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger Implementation Act of 2007. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 2008 Amendment note under section 1901 of this title and Tables. Codification Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1004(e), and Pub. L. 110–178, § 5, enacted substantially identical provisions. This section is based on text of section 5 of Pub. L. 110–178. Pub. L. 110–161, § 1004, was repealed by Pub. L. 111–145.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 AmendmentRepeal of section 1004 of Pub. L. 110–161 by Pub. L. 111–145 effective as if included in the enactment of Pub. L. 110–161 and to have no effect on the enactment or implementation of any provision of Pub. L. 110–178, see section 6(d) of Pub. L. 111–145, set out as a note under section 1901 of this title.

§141b Collections, physical security, control, and preservation of order and decorum within the library