§1823a — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

The Architect of the Capitol may lease real estate for the Library of Congress anywhere in a State or the District of Columbia if budget money is available. The Architect and the Librarian of Congress must send a joint request to the Joint Committee on the Library and to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and each of those committees must approve the request. If those committees approve, the Architect and the Librarian may transfer appropriations or other available funds between them to pay for the lease and necessary related costs. They may not commit money before it is available or spend more than the available appropriations. This applies for fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Title 2, §1823a

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(a)Subject to the availability of funds, the Architect of the Capitol may acquire real property by lease for the use of the Library of Congress in any State or the District of Columbia if—

(1)the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress submit a joint request for the Architect to lease the property to the Joint Committee on the Library and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate; and

(2)the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate each approve the request.

(b)Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress may transfer between themselves appropriations or other available funds to pay the costs incurred in acquiring real property pursuant to the authority of this section and the costs of necessary expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of the property.

(c)No obligation entered into pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations.

(d)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, which is div. G of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.

§1823a Acquisition of Real Property for Library of Congress

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Title 2, §1823a

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