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Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act

Introduced: July 23, 2008 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578.
Sep 27, 2008
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Sep 27, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 110-896, Part I.
Jul 30, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 30, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 24, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jul 23, 2008
Referred 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.
Jul 23, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Librarian of Congress, in addition to any other amounts made available, for maintaining and administering the operations of the law library of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of its collections.

Requires the Law Librarian of Congress, to the extent practicable in using such funds, to catalog and archive nonproprietary material in the collections of the Law Library electronically in a nonproprietary and nondiscriminatory format.

Requires the Librarian of Congress, in preparing the annual budget for the Library of Congress, to ensure that all amounts attributable to salaries and expenses of the law library are set forth separately as a separate line item.

Directs the Librarian, acting through the Law Librarian of Congress, to establish and operate a program to be known as the Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Support Program, to provide enhanced or special services and programs for the Law Library and otherwise support the mission of the Law Library.

Allows acceptance of donations of private funds, in-kind contributions, and voluntary services in support of the Program.

Establishes a separate account in the Treasury for use solely by the Librarian to carry out the Program.

Requires an annual report to Congress, the American Bar Association, and the American Association of Law Libraries on Program funding and activities.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now September 27, 2008

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578.

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