Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§477 Utilization of services of Library of Congress
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT › § 477
Summary
Lets the Librarian of Congress provide the Office with help from the Congressional Research Service so the Office can meet the chapter's goals. That help can include any services the Research Service normally gives to Congress. It does not change the Research Service's other duties to Congress, and the Librarian can create extra groups inside the Research Service to do this work. The Office may pay for the help or get it for free, if the Board and the Librarian agree.
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Title 2, §477
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(a)To carry out the objectives of this chapter, the Librarian of Congress is authorized to make available to the Office such services and assistance of the Congressional Research Service as may be appropriate and feasible.
(b)Such services and assistance made available to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the Congressional Research Service is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress.
(c)Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the Congressional Research Service under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress. The Librarian is, however, authorized to establish within the Congressional Research Service such additional divisions, groups, or other organizational entities as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(d)Services and assistance made available to the Office by the Congressional Research Service in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Librarian of Congress.
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2 U.S.C. § 477
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73