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§9151 State advisory councils

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 72— - MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY › Part Part 3— - Administrative Provisions › Subpart subpart a— - state requirements › § 9151

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

States that want help under this program can set up a State advisory council. If they do, the council must include people from many kinds of libraries (for example, public, tribal, school, college, special, and institutional) and represent libraries that serve people from different places, cultures, incomes, people with disabilities, rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, veterans, and caregivers.

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Title 20, §9151

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Each State desiring assistance under this subchapter may establish a State advisory council which is broadly representative of the library entities in the State, including public, tribal, school, academic, special, and institutional libraries, and libraries serving people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, residents of rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, veterans, and caregivers.

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2018—Pub. L. 115–410 inserted “tribal,” after “public,” and substituted “and libraries serving people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, residents of rural and urban areas, Native Americans, military families, veterans, and caregivers” for “and libraries serving individuals with disabilities”.

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20 U.S.C. § 9151

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73