Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§152 Care and Use of Smithsonian Library
Title 2 › CHAPTER 5 — LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 152
Summary
The Smithsonian’s right to use the library mentioned in section 151 continues as it did before. Its items must be preserved like those in the Congressional Library and can be removed only if the Smithsonian repays the Treasury for binding and care costs 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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102