Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 28, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 624.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Library of Congress to purchase, maintain, or replace reproducers for books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other form (currently limited to reproducers of sound-reproduction recordings) for the use of the blind and for other physically disabled U.S. residents.
(Sec. 3) The bill establishes the Library of Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund, whose amounts may be used for:
- preparing collection materials for long-term storage; and
- transferring amounts to the Architect of the Capitol for designing, constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping collections preservation and storage facilities for the Library of Congress, or for acquiring real property by lease for the preservation and storage of Library of Congress collections.
The Library of Congress shall report a plan for expenditures from the fund in its first five fiscal years of operation.
(Sec. 4) The bill requires continued service on the Joint Committee on the Library in a new Congress, until new committee members are appointed, of Members of Congress who served on such Committee in the previous Congress.
The bill also sets forth requirements for determining who shall serve as Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library before its first organizational meeting in a new Congress.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 13, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | May 13, 2016 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | May 13, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 13, 2016Markup May 17, 2016Reported Jul 25, 2016 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 13, 2016Discharged Sep 29, 2016 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2016Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Sep 28, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 624.
- Jul 25, 2016Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 114-706, Part I.
- Jul 25, 2016House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 30, 2016.
- May 16, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- May 13, 2016Introduced in House
- May 13, 2016Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2386 | Candice S. Miller R-MI | May 13, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 8, 2016H.R. 5227, Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on May 17, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 76, May 13, 2016, page H2386.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP ON COMMITTEE RESOLUTION 114, H.R. 5160, H.R. 4511, H.R. 4092, H.R. 4733, H.R. 5227, AND H.R. 473439 pages | Committee on House Administration | May 17, 2016 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44515 | Legislative Branch: FY2017 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jun 13, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4093 | Library of Congress Administrative Reform Act of 2015 | Related bill | Nov 20, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all forms, to establish a National Collection Stewardship Fund for the processing and storage of collection materials of the Library of Congress, and to provide for the continuation of service of returning members of Joint Committee on the Library at beginning of a Congress.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Library of Congress Modernization Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2016Reported in House
- May 13, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
