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PUBLIC LAW 87-579-AUG. 9, 1962

SEC. 2. That section 501 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (March 1, 1907, ch. 2284, sec. 4, 34 Stat. 1014; 44 U.S.C. 82), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 501. The Government publications, which may be selected from lists prepared by the Superintendent of Documents and when requested from him, shall be distributed to depository libraries specifically designated by law and to such libraries as have been or shall be designated by each of the Senators from the 'several States, by the Representatives in Congress from each congressional district and at large, by the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and by the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, respectively: Provided, That (1) additional libraries within areas served by Representatives or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico may be designated by them to receive Government publications to the extent that the total number of libraries designated by Representatives or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the case may be, shall not exceed two within each area, and (2) additional libraries within any State may be designated by each of the Senators from such State to the extent that the libraries within such State designated by Senators shall not exceed two designated by a Senator of each class; however before any additional library within a State, congressional district or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be designated as a depository for Government publications, the head of that library shall furnish his Senator, Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the case may be, with justification of the necessity for the additional designation. This justification, which shall also include a certification as to the need for the additional depository library designation, shall be signed by the head of every existing depository library within the congressional district or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by the head of the library authority of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, within which the additional depository library is to be located. The justification for additional depository library designations shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents by the Senator, Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate two depository libraries in the District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam and the Governor of American Samoa may each designate one depository library in Guam and American Samoa, respectively, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands may designate one depository library on the island of Saint Thomas and one on the island of Saint Croix." SEC. 3. That section 602 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (January 12, 1895, ch. 23, secs. 53 and-61,.28 Stat. 608 and 610; 44 U.S.C. 83), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 602. The Superintendent of Documents shall currently issue a classified list of Government publications in suitable form, containing annotations of contents and listed by item identification numbers in such manner as to facilitate the selection of only those publications which may be needed by designated depository libraries. The selected publications shall be distributed to depository libraries in accordance with regulations issued by the Superintendent of Documents, so long as they fulfill the conditions provided by law." SEC. 4. TJiat section 5 af the Act of Jun^ 23, 1913 (38 Stat. 75, ch. 3; 44 U.S.C. 84), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. The designation of a library to replace any depository library, other than a depository library specifically designated by law, 781335 0-63—26

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