Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§477 Utilization of Services of Library of Congress
Title 2 › Chapter 15— OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT › § 477
Summary
The Librarian of Congress can let the Office use help from the Congressional Research Service to meet the chapter’s goals. That help can include any of the services CRS normally provides to Congress. Letting CRS help the Office does not change CRS’s work or duties for Congress, but the Librarian may create new groups inside CRS to do the work. The services can be paid for or provided for free from the Office’s funds, if the Board and the Librarian of Congress 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
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Apr 3, 2026
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