The receipted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall invest, reinvest, or retain investments as the board may from time to time determine. income as and when collected shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, who shall enter it in a special account to the credit of the Library of Congress and subject to disbursement by the librarian for the purposes in each case specified; and the Treasurer of the United States is authorized to honor the requisitions of the librarian made in such manner and in accordance with such regulations as the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe: Provided, however, That the board is not authorized to engage in any business nor to exercise any voting privilege which may be incidental to securities in its hands, nor shall the board make any investments that could not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District of Columbia, except that it may make any investments directly authorized by the instrument of gift, and may retain any investments accepted by it. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, 43 Stat. 1107; Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.) CODIFICATION Section was originally the fourth paragraph of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1925. The third paragraph of such section 1 was amended and designated "Sec. 2" by act Apr. 13, 1936, thus in effect renumbering this section also. CROSS REFERENCES Library of Congress gift fund and trust fund, investment account, to be classified on books of Treasury as trust funds, see section 725s (a) (8, 9) of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 158. Same; deposits with Treasurer of United States. In the absence of any specification to the contrary, the board may deposit the principal sum, in cash, with the Treasurer of the United States as a permanent loan to the United States Treasury, and the Treasurer shall thereafter credit such deposit with interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, such interest, as income, being subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress for the purposes specified: Provided, however, That the total of such principal sums at any time so held by the Treasurer under this authorization shall not exceed the sum of $5,000,000. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2, 43 Stat. 1107; Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205; June 23, 1936, ch. 734, 49 Stat. 1894.) CODIFICATION Section was originally the fifth paragraph of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1925. The third paragraph of such section 1 was amended and designated "Sec. 2" by act Apr. 13, 1936, thus in effect renumbering this section also. CROSS REFERENCES Library of Congress gift fund and trust fund, investment account, to be classified on books of Treasury as trust funds, see section 725s (a) (8, 9) of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 159. Same; perpetual succession; suits by or against. The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered, or paid over to it for the purposes above specified. The board may be sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which is given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any trust accepted by it. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 3, 43 Stat. 1108; Jan. 27, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 2; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32 (a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.) CHANGE OF NAME Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by Act May 24, 1949, substituted "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" for "district court of the United States for the District of Columbia". § 160. Same; gifts, etc., to Library not affected. Nothing in sections 154-163 of this title shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the Librarian of Congress from accepting in the name of the United States gifts or bequests of money for immediate disbursement in the interest of the Library, its collections, or its service. Such gifts or bequests, after acceptance by the librarian, shall be paid by the donor or his representative to the Treasurer of the United States, whose receipts shall be their acquittance. The Treasurer of the United States sha!! enter them in a special account to the credit of the Library of Congress and subject to disbursement by the librarian for the purposes in each case specified. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 4, 43 Stat. 1108.) § 161. Same; gifts, etc., exempt from Federal taxes. Gifts or bequests or devises to or for the benefit of the Library of Congress, including those to the board, and the income therefrom, shall be exempt from all Federal taxes, including all taxes levied by the District of Columbia. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 5, 43 Stat. 1108; Oct. 2, 1942, ch. 576, 56 Stat. 765.) AMENDMENTS 1942-Act Oct. 2, 1942, amended section by including devises in the exemptions, and by also exempting gifts, bequests and devises, and the income therefrom, from taxes levied by the District of Columbia. § 162. Same; employees; compensation. Employees of the Library of Congress who perform special functions for the performance of which funds have been entrusted to the board or the librarian, or in connection with cooperative undertakings in which the Library of Congress is engaged, shall not be subject to section 66 of Title 5; nor shall any additiona! compensation so paid to such employees be construed as a double salary under the provisions of section 58 of Title 5. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 6, 43 Stat. 1108; Jan. 27, 1926, ch. 6, § 2, 44 Stat. 2.) CODIFICATION Section is also set out in part as sections 60 and 65 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 162a. Same; gross salary of employees. Hereafter the gross salary of any position in the Library which is augmented by payment of an honorarium from other than appropriated funds under terms of section 162 of this title shall not exceed an amount, which when combined with such honorarium, will exceed the maximum salary provided in the Classification Act of 1949 as heretofore or hereafter amended. (June 22, 1949, ch. 235, § 101, 63 Stat. 226; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106 (a), 63 Stat. 972.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Classification Act of 1949, referred to in the text, is classified to chapter 21 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. AMENDMENTS 1949-Act Oct. 28, 1949, amended section, substituting "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923". § 163. Same; report to Congress. The board shall submit to the Congress an annual report of the moneys or securities received and heid by it and of its operations. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 7, 43 Stat. 1108.) § 164. Index and digest of State legislation; preparation. The Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to prepare biennially an index to the legislation of the States of the United States enacted during the biennium, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation of the period. (Feb. 10, 1927, ch. 99, § 1, 44 Stat. 1066; Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367, § 1, 45 Stat. 1398.) § 164a. Same; official distribution. The Librarian of Congress is directed to have the indexes and digests authorized by section 164 of this title printed and bound for official distribution only. (Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367, § 1, 45 Stat. 1398.) § 165. Appropriation for biennial index. There is authorized to be appropriated annually for carrying out the provisions of section 164 of this title the sum of $30,000, to remain available until expended. (Feb. 10, 1927, ch. 99, § 2, 44 Stat. 1066.) § 166. Legislative Reference Service; duties; appointment and compensation of personnel; employment of specialists. (a) The Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to establish in the Library of Congress a separate department to be known as the Legislative Reference Service. It shall be the duty of the Legislative Reference Service (1) upon request, to advise and assist any committee of either House or any joint committee in the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of legislative proposals pending before it, or of recommendations submitted to Congress, by the President or any executive agency, and otherwise to assist in furnishing a basis for the proper determination of measures before the committee; (2) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of requests, to gather, classify, analyze, and make available, in translations, indexes, digests, compilations and bulletins, and otherwise, data for a bearing upon legislation, and to render such data serviceable to Congress, and committees and Members thereof, without partisan bias in selection or presentation; (3) to prepare summaries and digests of public hearings before committees of the Congress, and of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in either House. (b) (1) A director and assistant director of the Legislative Reference Service and all other necessary personnel, shall be appointed by the Librarian of Congress without regard to the civil-service laws and without reference to political affiliations, solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of their office. The compensation of all employees shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1949: Provided, That the grade of senior specialists in each field enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be less than the highest grade in the executive branch of the Government to which research analysts and consultants without supervisory responsibility are currently assigned. All employees of the Legislative Reference Service shall be subject to the provisions of the civil-service retirement laws. (2) The Librarian of Congress is further authorized to appoint in the Legislative Reference Service senior specialists in the following broad fields: Agriculture; American government and public administration; American public law; conservation; education; engineering and public works; full employment; housing; industrial organization and corporation finance; international affairs; international trade and economic geography; labor; mineral economics; money and banking; price economics; social welfare; taxation and fiscal policy; transportation and communications; and veterans' affairs. Such specialists, together with such other members of the staff as may be necessary, shall be available for special work with the appropriate committees of Congress for any of the purposes set out in subsection (a) (1) of this section. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 203 (a, b), 60 Stat. 836; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106 (a), 63 Stat. 972.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (b) (1), are classified generally to Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Classification Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b) (1), is classified to chapter 21 of such Title 5. The civil-service retirement laws, referred to in subsec. (b) (1), are classified to chapter 30 of such Title 5. CODIFICATION Section is comprised of subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 203 of act Aug. 2, 1946. Subsec. (c) of said section relates to appropriations and is set out as a note under this section. AMENDMENTS 1949-Subsec. (b) (1) amended by act Oct. 28, 1949, which substituted "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923". EFFECTIVE DATE Effective date, see note under section 72a of this title. APPROPRIATIONS Subsec. (c) of section 203 of act Aug. 2, 1946, provided that: "There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the work of the Legislative Reference Service the following sums: (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, $550,000; (2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, $650,000; (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, $750,000; and (4) for each fiscal year thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry on the work of the Service." § 167. Buildings and grounds; designation of employees as special policemen. The Librarian of Congress may designate employees of the Library of Congress as special police men, without additional compensation, for duty in connection with the policing of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds and adjacent streets. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 1, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167a. Same; public use. Public travel in and occupancy of the Library of Congress grounds is restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 2, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167b. Same; sale of articles; signs; solicitation. It shall be unlawful to offer or expose any article for sale in the Library of Congress buildings or grounds; to display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement therein; or to solicit fares, alms, subscriptions, or contributions therein. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 3, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167c. Same; injuries to property. It shall be unlawful to step or climb upon, remove, or in any way injure any statue, seat, wall fountain, or other erection or achitectural1 feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf in the Library of Congress buildings or grounds. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 4, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167d. Same; firearms or fireworks; speeches; objectionable language. It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm, firework or explosive, set fire to any combustible, make any harangue or oration, or utter loud, threatening, or abusive language in the Library of Congress buildings or grounds. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 5, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167e. Same; parades or assemblages; display of flags. It shall be unlawful to parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Library of Congress buildings or grounds, or to display therein any flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice any party, organization, or movement. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 6, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167f. Same; additional regulations; publication; effective date. (a) In addition to the restrictions and requirements specified in sections 167a-167e of this title, the Librarian of Congress may prescribe such regulations as may be deemed necessary for the adequate protection of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds and of persons and property therein, and for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum within the Library of Congress buildings and grounds. (b) All regulations promulgated under the authority of this section shall be printed in one or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, and shall not become effective until the expiration of ten days after the date of such publication. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 7, 64 Stat. 411.) § 167g. Same; prosecution and punishment of offenses. Whoever violates any provision of sections 167a167e of this title, or of any regulation prescribed under section 167f of this title, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, prosecution for such offenses to be 1 So in original. had in the municipal court for the District of Columbia, upon information by the United States attorney or any of his assistants: Provided, That in any case where, in the commission of any such offense, public property is damaged in an amount exceeding $100, the period of imprisonment for the offense may be not more than five years. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 8, 64 Stat. 412.) § 167h. Same; jurisdiction of police. The special police provided for in section 167 of this title shall have the power, within the Library of Congress buildings and grounds and adjacent streets, to enforce and make arrests for violations of any provision of sections 167a-167e of this title, of any regulation prescribed under section 167f of this title, or of any law of the United States or of any State or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto: Provided, That the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia are authorized to make arrests within the Library of Congress buildings and grounds for any violations of any such laws or regulations, but such authority shall not be construed as authorizing the Metropolitan Police force, except with the consent or upon the request of the Librarian of Congress or his assistants, to enter the Library of Congress buildings to make arrests in response to complaints or to serve warrants or to patrol the Library of Congress buildings or grounds. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 9, 64 Stat. 412.) § 167i. Same; suspension of prohibitions against use of grounds. In order to permit the observance of authorized ceremonies within the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Librarian of Congress may suspend for such occasions so much of the prohibitions contained in sections 167a-167e of this title as may be necessary for the occasion, but only if responsible officers shall have been appointed, and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the judgment of the Librarian, for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and for the protection of the Library buildings and grounds and of persons and property therein. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 10, 64 Stat. 412.) § 167j. Same; area comprising. For the purposes of sections 167–167j of this title the Library of Congress grounds shall be held to extend to the line of the face of the east curb of First Street Southeast, between B Street Southeast and East Capitol Street; to the line of the face of the south curb of East Capitol Street, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Second Street Southeast, between East Capitol Street and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; and to the line of the face of the east curb of Second Street Southeast, between Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast and the north side of the alley separating the Library Annex Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library; to the line of the north side of the same alley, between Second Street Southeast and Third Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Third Street Southeast, between the north side of the same alley and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between Third Street Southeast and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast; to the line of the face of the northeast curb of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, between B Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast. (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 11, 64 Stat. 412.) Chapter 6.-CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS Sec. 190. Determination of Senate committee jurisdiction. 190a. Committee meetings, hearings, records and reports. 190b. Authority of Senate standing committees and subcommittees; sitting while Senate or House in session. 190c. Restriction of conferees' reports to matters committed; procedure on violation. 190d. Surveillance by committees of execution of laws by agencies. 190e. Report of legislative budget by certain committees; contents; concurrent resolution. 190f. General appropriation bills. (a) Prior availability of printed hearings and (c) Nonconsideration if a provision reappro- 190g. Nonconsideration of certain private bills and reso 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. Certification of failure to testify; grand jury action. § 190. Determination of Senate committee jurisdiction. In any case in which a controversy arises as to the jurisdiction of any standing committee of the Senate with respect to any proposed legislation, the question of jurisdiction shall be decided by the presiding officer of the Senate, without debate, in favor of that committee which has jurisdiction over the subject matter which predominates in such proposed legislation; but such decision shall be subject to an appeal. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 137, 60 Stat. 832.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section 142 of act Aug. 2, 1946, provided that section 72b-1 of this title, this section, and sections 190a-190g and 198 of this title, should take effect on January 2, 1947. § 190a. Committee meetings, hearings, records and reports. (a) Each standing committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives (except the Committees on Appropriations) shall fix regular weekly, biweekly, or monthly meeting days for the transaction of business before the committee, and additional meetings may be called by the chairman as he may deem necessary. (b) Each such committee shall keep a complete record of all committee action. Such record shall include a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. (c) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each such committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case may be, any measure approved by his committee and to take or cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the matter to a vote. (d) No measure or recommendation shall be reported from any such committee unless a majority of the committee were actually present. (e) Each such standing committee shall, so far as practicable, require all witnesses appearing before it to file in advance written statements of their proposed testimony, and to limit their oral presentations to brief summaries of their argument. The staff of each committee shall prepare digests of such statements for the use of committee members. (f) All hearings conducted by standing committees or their subcommittees shall be open to the public, except executive sessions for marking up bills or for voting or where the committee by a majority vote orders an executive session. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 133, 60 Stat. 831.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as taking effect on January 2, 1947, see note under section 190 of this title. § 190b. Authority of Senate standing committees and subcommittees; sitting while Senate or House in session. (a) Each standing committee of the Senate, including any subcommittee of any such committee, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such correspondence, books, papers, and documents, to take such testimony and to make such expenditures (not in excess of $10,000 for each committee during any Congress) as it deems advisable. Each such committee may make investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, may report such hearings as may be had by it, and may employ stenographic assistance at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman. (b) No standing committee of the Senate or the House, except the Committee on Rules of the House, shall sit, without special leave, while the Senate or the House, as the case may be, is in session. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 134 (a), (c), 60 Stat. 831, 832.) CODIFICATION Section constitutes subsecs. (a) and (c) of section 134 of act Aug. 2, 1946. Subsection (b) of such section 134 is classified to section 72b-1 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as taking effect on January 2, 1947, see note under section 190 of this title. § 190c. Restriction of conferees' reports to matters committed; procedure on violation. (a) In any case in which a disagreement to an amendment in the nature of a substitute has been referred to conferees, it shall be in order for the conferees to report a substitute on the same subject matter; but they may not include in the report matter not committed to them by either House. They may, however, include in their report in any such case matter which is a germane modification of subjects in disagreement. (b) In any case in which the conferees violate subsection (a) of this section, the conference report shall be subject to a point of order. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 135, 60 Stat. 832.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as taking effect on January 2, 1947, see note under section 190 of this title. § 190d. Surveillance by committees of execution of laws by agencies. To assist the Congress in appraising the administration of the laws and in developing such amendments or related legislation as it may deem necessary, each standing committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the Congress by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 136, 60 Stat. 832.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as taking effect on January 2, 1947, see note under section 190 of this title. § 190e. Report of legislative budget by certain committees; contents; concurrent resolution. (a) The Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the the' Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, or duly authorized subcommittees thereof, are authorized and directed to meet jointly at the beginning of each regular session of Congress and after study and consultation, giving due consideration to the budget recommendations of the President, report to their respective Houses a legislative budget for the ensuing fiscal year, including the estimated over-all Federal receipts and expenditures for such year. Such report shall contain a recommendation for the maximum amount to be appropriated for expenditure in such year which shall include such an amount to be reserved for deficiencies as may be deemed necessary by such committees. If the estimated receipts exceed the estimated expenditures, such report shall contain a recommendation for a reduction in the public debt. Such report shall be made by February 15. (b) The report shall be accompanied by a concurrent resolution adopting such budget, and fixing the maximum amount to be appropriated for expenditure in such year. If the estimated expenditures exceed the estimated receipts, the concurrent resolution shall include a section substantially as follows: "That it is the sense of the Congress that the public debt shall be increased in an amount equal to the amount by which the estimated expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year exceed the estimated receipts, such amount being $______.” (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 138, 60 Stat. 832.) 1 So in original. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as taking effect on January 2, 1947, see note under section 190 of this title. § 190f. General appropriation bills. (a) Prior availability of printed hearings and reports as requisite to consideration. No general appropriation bill shall be considered in either House unless, prior to the consideration of such bill, printed committee hearings and reports on such bill have been available for at least three calendar days for the Members of the House in which such bill is to be considered. (b) Standard appropriation classification schedule. The Committees on Appropriations of the two Houses are authorized and directed, acting jointly, to develop a standard appropriation classification schedule which will clearly define in concise and uniform accounts the subtotals of appropriations asked for by agencies in the executive branch of the Government. That part of the printed hearings containing each such agency's request for appropriations shall be preceded by such a schedule. (c) Nonconsideration if a provision reappropriates unexpended balances. No general appropriation bill or amendment thereto shall be received or considered in either House if it contains a provision reappropriating unexpended balances of appropriations; except that this provision shall not apply to appropriations in continuation of appropriations for public works on which work has commenced. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 139 (a), (b), (c), 62 Stat. 833.) CODIFICATION Section constitutes subsections (a)-(c) of section 139 of act Aug. 2, 1946. Subsection (d) of section 139, which required the two Houses of Congress to make a study of existing permanent appropriations with a view to limiting the number thereof and to recommending what permanent appropriations should be discontinued, and of the disposition of funds resulting from the sale of Government property or services by all departments and agencies in the executive branch of the Government with a view to recommending a uniform system of control with respect to those funds, was omitted from the Code as being of a temporary character. No private bill or resolution (including so-called omnibus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill or resolution, authorizing or directing (1) the payment of money for property damages, for personal injuries or death for which suit may be instituted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, or for a pension (other than to carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation); (2) the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or (3) the correction of a military or naval record, shall be received or considered in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 131, 60 Stat. 831.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Federal Tort Claims Act, referred to in the text, which constituted sections 401-404, 410 413, 420-424 of act Aug. 2, 1946, was, with the exception of such section 424, repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. |