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S.1505
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
To make technical and conforming amendments to the Museum and Library
Services Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Museum and Library Services
Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1997''.
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
Section 206 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9105
et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Appointment and Compensation of Technical and Professional
Employees.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may
appoint without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, governing the appointment in the competitive service and may
compensate without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 or
subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relating to the
classification and General Schedule pay rates), such technical and
professional employees as the Director determines to be necessary
to carry out the duties of the Institute.
``(2) Number and compensation.--The number of employees
appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) shall not exceed \1/
5\ of the number of full-time regular or professional employees of
the Institute. The rate of basic compensation for the employees
appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) may not exceed the
rate prescribed for level GS-15 of the General Schedule under
section 5332 of title 5.''.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL LIBRARIES.
Section 213(2)(E) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9122(2)(E)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or other special library'' after ``a private
library''; and
(2) by inserting ``or special'' after ``such private''.
SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS.
Section 221(a)(1) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9131(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1\1/2\ percent'' and
inserting ``1.75 percent''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``4 percent'' and
inserting ``3.75 percent''.
SEC. 5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
The second sentence of section 223(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Museum and
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9133(c)(1)(A)(i)) is amended to read as
follows: ``The amount of the reduction in the allotment for any fiscal
year shall be equal to the allotment multiplied by a fraction--
``(I) the numerator of which is the result obtained
by subtracting the level of such State expenditures for
the fiscal year for which the determination is made,
from the average of the total level of such State
expenditures for the 3 fiscal years preceding the
fiscal year for which the determination is made; and
``(II) the denominator of which is the average of
the total level of such State expenditures for the 3
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the
determination is made.''.
SEC. 6. SERVICE TO INDIAN TRIBES.
Section 261 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9161)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``INDIAN TRIBES'' and
inserting ``NATIVE AMERICANS''; and
(2) by striking ``to organizations'' and all that follows
through ``such organizations'' and inserting ``to Indian tribes and
to organizations that primarily serve and represent Native
Hawaiians (as the term is defined in section 9212 of the Native
Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7912) to enable such tribes and
organizations''.
SEC. 7. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.
Section 262 of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9162)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
GRANTS OR CONTRACTS'' and inserting ``NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS,
CONTRACTS, OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``program awarding national leadership
grants or contracts'' and inserting ``program of awarding
grants or entering into contracts or cooperative agreements'';
and
(B) by striking ``Such grants or contracts'' and inserting
``Such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the section heading, by striking ``(b) Grants or
Contracts'' and inserting ``(b) Grants, Contracts, or
Cooperative Agreements''; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or cooperative
agreements,'' after ``contracts''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Grants and contracts''
and inserting ``Grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements''.
SEC. 8. CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
Section 262(a)(3) of the Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9162(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``preservation of digitization'' and
inserting ``preserving or digitization''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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