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§155 Compensation and expenses of Library of Congress Trust Fund Board

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 155

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Board members are not paid. They are reimbursed for necessary expenses from the fund's income. The chairman's voucher is sufficient. Costs not chargeable to a trust fund, including the seal, must go into the Librarian's annual maintenance estimates for the Library of Congress.

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Title 2, §155

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No compensation shall be paid to the members of the board for their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed for the expenses necessarily incurred by them, out of the income from the fund or funds in connection with which such expenses are incurred. The voucher of the chairman of the board shall be sufficient evidence that the expenses are properly allowable. Any expenses of the board, including the cost of its seal, not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by it, shall be estimated for in the annual estimates of the librarian for the maintenance of the Library of Congress.

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Codification Section is comprised of second par. of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1925. First par. of section 1 is classified to section 154 of this title.

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2 U.S.C. § 155

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73