2 U.S.C. § 182: Cooperative Acquisitions…

Summary

Creates a fund in the U.S. Treasury called the Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund, effective October 1, 1997. Money in the fund can be used by the Librarian of Congress any year to buy foreign publications and research materials for participating institutions on a cost‑recovery basis. The Librarian can only spend amounts Congress approves each fiscal year. The fund includes amounts Congress appropriates, payments the Librarian held as of October 1, 1997 or October 7, 1997 (whichever is later), and the net value of the program’s assets minus liabilities. The fund gets credit for payments and advances charged to participants at rates the Librarian sets to recover the program’s full direct and indirect costs over a reasonable time. Any unspent balances the Librarian finds are extra must be returned to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The Comptroller General may audit the fund.

Title 2, §182

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(a)Establishment

Effective October 1, 1997, there is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as the Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund (in this section referred to as the “revolving fund”). Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available to the Librarian of Congress, without fiscal year limitation, for financing the cooperative acquisitions program (in this section referred to as the “program”) under which the Library acquires foreign publications and research materials on behalf of participating institutions on a cost-recovery basis. Obligations under the revolving fund are limited to amounts specified in the appropriations Act for that purpose for any fiscal year.

(b)Amounts deposited

The revolving fund shall consist of

(1)

(2)any amounts held by the Librarian as of October 1, 1997 or October 7, 1997, whichever is later, that were collected as payment for the Library’s indirect costs of the program; and

(3)the difference between (A) the total value of the supplies, equipment, gift fund balances, and other assets of the program, and (B) the total value of the liabilities (including unfunded liabilities such as the value of accrued annual leave of employees) of the program.

(c)Credits to revolving fund

The revolving fund shall be credited with all advances and amounts received as payment for purchases under the program and services and supplies furnished to program participants, at rates estimated by the Librarian to be adequate to recover the full direct and indirect costs of the program to the Library over a reasonable period of time.

(d)Unobligated balances

Any unobligated and unexpended balances in the revolving fund that the Librarian determines to be in excess of amounts needed for activities financed by the revolving fund, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Amounts needed for activities financed by the revolving fund means the direct and indirect costs of the program, including the costs of purchasing, shipping, binding of books and other library materials; supplies, materials, equipment and services needed in support of the program; salaries and benefits; general overhead; and travel.

(e)Audit

The revolving fund shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller General at the Comptroller General’s discretion.

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Amendments

2007—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–161 amended heading and text of subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than March 31 of each year, the Librarian of Congress shall prepare and submit to Congress an audited financial statement for the revolving fund for the preceding fiscal year. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards for financial audits issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.”

§182 Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund

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Title 2, §182

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