20 U.S.C. § 9122 — Definitions

Page 1680 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 9122 2010, 124 Stat. 3599; Pub. L. 115–410, § 7, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5415.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(1), inserted ‘‘, education,’’ after ‘‘library’’. Par. (5). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(2), added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: ‘‘to promote literacy, education, and lifelong learning and to enhance and expand the services and resources pro- vided by libraries, including those services and re- sources relating to workforce development, 21st cen- tury skills, and digital literacy skills;’’. Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(4), added pars. (6) and (7). Former pars. (6) and (7) redesignated (8) and (9), re- spectively. Par. (8). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(3), (5), redesignated par. (6) as (8) and inserted ‘‘, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds,’’ after ‘‘professionals’’. Pars. (9) to (11). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(3), redesignated pars. (7) to (9) as (9) to (11), respectively. Par. (12). Pub. L. 115–410, § 7(6)–(8), added par. (12). 2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: ‘‘to consolidate Federal library service programs;’’. Par. (2). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(2), inserted ‘‘contin- uous’’ after ‘‘promote’’. Pars. (5) to (9). Pub. L. 111–340, § 201(3)–(5), added pars. (5) to (9). 2003—Pars. (2) to (5). Pub. L. 108–81 added pars. (2) to (4) and struck out former pars. (2) to (5) which read as follows: ‘‘(2) to stimulate excellence and promote access to learning and information resources in all types of li- braries for individuals of all ages; ‘‘(3) to promote library services that provide all users access to information through State, regional, national and international electronic networks; ‘‘(4) to provide linkages among and between libraries; and ‘‘(5) to promote targeted library services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic back- grounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or information skills.’’ § 9122. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) Library The term ‘‘library’’ includes— (A) a public library; (B) a public elementary school or sec- ondary school library; (C) a tribal library; (D) an academic library; (E) a research library, which for the pur- poses of this subchapter means a library that— (i) makes publicly available library serv- ices and materials suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available to the public; and (ii) is not an integral part of an institu- tion of higher education; and (F) a private library or other special li- brary, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located deter- mines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of this subchapter. (2) Library consortium The term ‘‘library consortium’’ means any local, statewide, regional, interstate, or inter- national cooperative association of library en- tities which provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers, for improved services for the clientele of such library entities. (3) State The term ‘‘State’’, unless otherwise speci- fied, includes each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (4) State library administrative agency The term ‘‘State library administrative agency’’ means the official agency of a State charged by the law of the State with the ex- tension and development of public library services throughout the State. (5) State plan The term ‘‘State plan’’ means the document which gives assurances that the officially des- ignated State library administrative agency has the fiscal and legal authority and capa- bility to administer all aspects of this sub- chapter, provides assurances for establishing the State’s policies, priorities, criteria, and procedures necessary to the implementation of all programs under this subchapter, submits copies for approval as required by regulations promulgated by the Director, identifies a State’s library needs, and sets forth the activi- ties to be taken toward meeting the identified needs supported with the assistance of Federal funds made available under this subchapter. (Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–296; amend- ed Pub. L. 105–128, § 3, Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2548; Pub. L. 108–81, title II, § 202, Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 115–410, § 8, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5416.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Par. (1)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 115–410 added subpar. (C) and redesignated former subpars. (C) to (E) as (D) to (F), respectively. 2003—Pars. (1) to (6). Pub. L. 108–81 redesignated pars. (2) to (6) as (1) to (5), respectively, and struck out head- ing and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: ‘‘The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village corporation, as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), which is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians be- cause of their status as Indians.’’ 1997—Par. (2)(E). Pub. L. 105–128 inserted ‘‘or other special library’’ after ‘‘a private library’’ and ‘‘or spe- cial’’ after ‘‘such private’’. § 9123. Authorization of appropriations (a) In general There are authorized to be appropriated—