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§ 177. —  Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC177]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 177. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry


(a) Recognition

    The Congress recognizes that the Consultant in Poetry to the Library 
of Congress has for some time occupied a position of prominence in the 
life of the Nation, has spoken effectively for literary causes, and has 
occasionally performed duties and functions sometimes associated with 
the position of poet laureate in other nations and societies. 
Individuals are appointed to the position of Consultant in Poetry by the 
Librarian of Congress for one- or two-year terms solely on the basis of 
literary merit, and are compensated from endowment funds administered by 
the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board. The Congress further 
recognizes this position is equivalent to that of Poet Laureate of the 
United States.

(b) Position established

    (1) There is established in the Library of Congress the position of 
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. The Poet Laureate Consultant in 
Poetry shall be appointed by the Librarian of Congress pursuant to the 
same procedures of appointment as established on December 20, 1985, for 
the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
    (2) Each department and office of the Federal Government is 
encouraged to make use of the services of the Poet Laureate Consultant 
in Poetry for ceremonial and other occasions of celebration under such 
procedures as the Librarian of Congress shall approve designed to assure 
that participation under this paragraph does not impair the continuation 
of the work of the individual chosen to fill the position of Poet 
Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

(c) Poetry program

    (1) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, with the 
advice of the National Council on the Arts, shall annually sponsor a 
program at which the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry will present a 
major work or the work of other distinguished poets.
    (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the National 
Endowment for the Arts $10,000 for the fiscal year 1987 and for each 
succeeding fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1990, for the purpose 
of carrying out this subsection.

(Pub. L. 99-194, title VI, Sec. 601, Dec. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 1347.)



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