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2 U.S.C. § 141a — Design, installation, and maintenance of security systems; transfer of responsibility
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The responsibility for design, installation, and maintenance of security systems to protect the physical security of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design, installation, and maintenance shall be carried out under the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim). Any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress that is required for a security system under the preceding sentence may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
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The responsibility for design, installation, and maintenance of security systems to protect the physical security of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design, installation, and maintenance shall be carried out under the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim). Any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress that is required for a security system under the preceding sentence may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) **Appropriation.—** — The term “appropriation” includes amounts made available by legislation under [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Federal government.—** — The term “Federal Government” includes the government of the District of Columbia.
**(b) Purchases.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned or other law, purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the Federal Government may be made or entered into only after advertising for proposals for a sufficient time.
(2) **Limitations on applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply when—
(A) the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $25,000;
(B) public exigencies require the immediate delivery of articles or performance of services;
(C) only one source of supply is available and the Federal Government purchasing or contracting officer so certifies; or
(D) services are required to be performed by a contractor in person and are—
(i) of a technical and professional nature; or
(ii) under Federal Government supervision and paid for on a time basis.
**(c) Sales.—** Except when otherwise authorized by law or when the reasonable value involved in any one case does not exceed $500, sales and contracts of sale by the Federal Government are governed by the requirements of this section for advertising.
**(d) Application to Wholly Owned Government Corporations.—** For wholly owned Government corporations, this section applies only to administrative transactions.
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**(a) Establishment of regulations** The Librarian of Congress shall establish standards and regulations for the physical security, control, and preservation of the Library of Congress collections and property, and for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum within Library of Congress.
**(b) Treatment of security systems**
(1) **Responsibility for security systems** — In accordance with the authority of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress established under this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the provisions of law referred to in paragraph (3), the Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the operation of security systems at the Library of Congress buildings and grounds described under [section 167j of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section167j&num=0&edition=prelim), in consultation and coordination with each other, subject to the following:
(A) The Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the design of security systems for the control and preservation of Library collections and property, subject to the review and approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(B) The Librarian of Congress shall be responsible for the operation of security systems at any building or facility of the Library of Congress which is located outside of the District of Columbia, subject to the review and approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(2) **Initial proposal for operation of systems** — Not later than October 1, 2008, the Chief of the Capitol Police, in coordination with the Librarian of Congress, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, a
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 141a
‘‘(h)(1) The Librarian of Congress—
‘‘(A) may charge fees for use of the Center under
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (g); and
‘‘(B) shall deposit the fees in the fund under para-
graph (2).
‘‘(2) There is established in the Treasury a fund which
shall consist of amounts deposited under paragraph (1)
and such other amounts as may be appropriated to the
fund. The fund shall be—
‘‘(A) available to the Librarian of Congress, in
amounts specified in appropriations Acts, for the ex-
penses of the Center; and
‘‘(B) subject to audit by the Comptroller General at
the discretion of the Comptroller General.’’
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 101–562,
§§ 1, 2, 4, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2780, 2781, which was re-
pealed by Pub. L. 102–451, § 5, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2254,
eff. Nov. 15, 1990.
ADDITIONAL BUILDING FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Pub. L. 86–469, May 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 132, authorized
Architect of the Capitol, under direction and super-
vision of Joint Committee on the Library, to prepare
preliminary plans and estimates of cost for an addi-
tional building for Library of Congress.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title V, § 5402, Sept. 30, 1996, 110
Stat. 3009–511, provided that: ‘‘The Founders Hall in-
structional area in the House of Representatives Page
School, located in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the
Library of Congress, shall be known and designated as
‘Bill Emerson Hall’.’’
Pub. L. 96–269, § 1, June 13, 1980, 94 Stat. 486, provided:
‘‘That the building in the block bounded by East Cap-
itol Street, Second Street Southeast, Independence Av-
enue Southeast, and First Street Southeast, in the Dis-
trict of Columbia (commonly known as the Library
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