Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§152 Care and use of Smithsonian Library
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 152
Summary
Smithsonian may use the library in section 151 as before its removal. Its collections must be cared for like those of the Congressional Library and are moved only if Smithsonian repays the U.S. Treasury for care or if Congress and the Regents agree.
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Title 2, §152
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The Smithsonian Institution shall have the use of the library referred to in section 151 of this title in like manner as before its removal. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian Library shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional Library; from which the Smithsonian Library shall not be removed except on reimbursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of the United States of expenses incurred in binding and in taking care of the same, or upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the Regents of the Institution.
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Codification R.S. § 100 derived from act Apr. 5, 1866, ch. 25, § 2, 14 Stat. 13.
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2 U.S.C. § 152
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73