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§167j Area comprising Library of Congress grounds; “buildings and grounds” defined
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 167j
Summary
Names what land and buildings count as the Library of Congress grounds in Washington, D.C., and adds a few other specific properties. In D.C., the grounds reach to the curb lines around the Library area bounded by First, Second, and Third Streets Southeast, B Street Southeast, East Capitol Street, Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, and the alley between the Library Annex and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Says “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” also means: any building or part of a building the Library uses and the Librarian controls; land with a building the Library fully occupies; and any enclosed passageways or subways that link Library buildings. It also includes all of lot 51 in square 869 as shown on August 1, 1990 (to the outer face of the curbs and including alleys and streets within those lines), plus improvements. Finally, it adds three Culpeper County, Virginia parcels (tax parcels 51–80B, 51–80C, 51–80D, about 45 acres total), including 40.949 acres conveyed May 15, 1998 (recorded May 19, 1998, Deed Book 644, page 372) and 4.181 acres conveyed February 13, 2002 (recorded as instrument 020001299), plus improvements to that land.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §167j
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(a)The Library of Congress grounds shall be held to extend to the line of the face of the east curb of First Street Southeast, between B Street Southeast and East Capitol Street; to the line of the face of the south curb of East Capitol Street, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Second Street Southeast, between East Capitol Street and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; and to the line of the face of the east curb of Second Street Southeast, between Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast and the north side of the alley separating the Library Annex Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library; to the line of the north side of the same alley, between Second Street Southeast and Third Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Third Street Southeast, between the north side of the same alley and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between Third Street Southeast and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast; to the line of the face of the northeast curb of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, between B Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast.
(b)The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include (1) the whole or any part of any building or structure which is occupied under lease or otherwise by the Library of Congress and is subject to supervision and control by the Librarian of Congress, (2) the land upon which there is situated any building or structure which is occupied wholly by the Library of Congress, and (3) any subway or enclosed passageway connecting two or more buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part by the Library of Congress.
(c)The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include (1) all real property in lot 51 in square 869 in the District of Columbia, as that lot appears on the records in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia on August 1, 1990, extending to the outer face of the curbs of the square in which it is located and including all alleys or parts of alleys and streets within the lot lines and curb lines surrounding such real property, and (2) improvements to such real property.
(d)The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include the following property:
(1)Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) conveyed to David and Lucile Packard Foundation by deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.
(2)Improvements to such real property.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–145 repealed Pub. L. 110–161, § 1004(d)(2)(D). See 2007 Amendment notes below. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(4)(A), substituted “The” for “For the purposes of sections 167 to 167j of this title the”. Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(4)(B)–(D), substituted “The” for “For the purposes of sections 167 to 167j of this title, the”. 2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–161, § 1004(d)(2)(D)(i), which made amendment identical to that made by Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(4)(A), was repealed by Pub. L. 111–145. See
Effective Date
of 2010 Amendment note below. Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 110–161, § 1004(d)(2)(D)(ii)–(iv), which directed substitution of “The” for “For the purposes of sections 167 to 167j of this title the”, but could not be executed because “For the purposes of sections 167 to 167j of this title the” did not appear in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 111–145. See
Effective Date
of 2010 Amendment note below. 2003—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 108–83 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Three parcels totaling approximately 41 acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 15.949 acres) conveyed to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond by deed from Russell H. Inskeep and Jean H. Inskeep, his wife, dated
October 1, 1964, and recorded
October 7, 1964, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 177, page 431; and real estate (consisting of 20.498 acres and consisting of 4.502 acres) conveyed to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond by deed from Russell H. Inskeep and Jean H. Inskeep, his wife, dated
November 11, 1974, and recorded
November 12, 1974, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 247, page 246.” 1997—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–144 added subsec. (d). 1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–520 and Pub. L. 101–562 made substantially identical
Amendments
, adding subsec. (c). The text of subsec. (c) is based on amendment by Pub. L. 101–562. 1970—Pub. L. 91–281 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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 provisions amended by section 1004 of Pub. L. 110–161 to be restored as if such section had not been enacted, and repeal 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.
Effective Date
of 2008 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–178 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 4(d) of Pub. L. 110–178, set out as an
Effective Date
of Repeal note under former section 167 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1997 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–144 effective upon acquisition by Architect of the Capitol of property described in section 1 of Pub. L. 105–144, see section 5 of Pub. L. 105–144, set out as an Acquisition of Real Property for Library of Congress note under section 141 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1990
Amendments
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–520 and Pub. L. 101–562 effective on date [Nov. 6, 1991] Architect of the Capitol acquires the property and improvements described in Pub. L. 101–520, § 205(a), and Pub. L. 101–562, § 1, see section 205(e) of Pub. L. 101–520 and former section 2(d) of Pub. L. 101–562, set out as a Special Facilities Center; Acquisition note under section 141 of this title.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 167j
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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