§ 132a. — Appropriations for increase of general library.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC132a]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 132a. Appropriations for increase of general library
The unexpended balance of any sums appropriated by Congress for the
increase of the general library, together with such sums as may
hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under
the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.
(R.S. Sec. 82; Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, 32 Stat. 735; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753,
title II, Sec. 223, 60 Stat. 838.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 82 derived from acts Apr. 24, 1800, ch. 37, Sec. 5, 2
Stat. 56, and Jan. 26, 1802, ch. 2, Sec. 6, 2 Stat. 129.
Amendments
1946--Act Aug. 2, 1946, changed composition of Joint Committee. See
section 132b of this title.
Effective Date of 1946 Amendment
Amendment by act Aug. 2, 1946, effective Jan. 3, 1947, see section
245 of that act, set out as a note under section 72a of this title.
