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PUBLIC LAW 89-260-OCT. 19, 1965

[79 STAT.

Public Law 89-260 October 19. 1965

[S. J. Res. 69]

rusc\'4\^note 74 Stat. 45?! '

74 Stat. 37.

JOINT RESOLUTION

x«» siulhorizt' the Architect of the Capitol to coiistnut the third Library of Coiijfress building in square 732 in the District of (Vilmnida to lie named the James Madison Memorial Building and to contain a Madismi Memorial Hall, and for other purposes.

A\'hereas the Library of Coji^res8 lias been ciitically in riee<l of an additional biiikiiii/t!: for several years and in 1958 siibiuitted to the Joint Committee on the Library justification in support thereof, and the Architect of the Capitol, pursuant to statutory authoriza^!"" ^^^ ^^^'^^^ "^ Public Law 86-469, May 14, 1960, and the appropriation of fuuds by Public Law 86-628, July 12, 1960, and with the approval of (he Joint Committee on the Libi-ary, undertook the preparation of preliminary plans and estimates of cost for an additional Library of Congi'ess building of two million square feet, net area, to be constructed on four squares east of the Library Annex and to provide for the Library's j[?rowth for thirty-five years after 1960; AV^hereas the James Madison Memorial Commission was established j^y ^^(.| ^f Coiigress of April 8, 1960, "for the purpose of considering and fornmlating plans for the design, construction, and l(H?ation of a permanent memorial to James Madistm in the cif y of Washington, District of Columbia or its immediate environs''', and, pursuant to said Act, planned and reconnnended a Madison Memorial Kesearcli Library in square 782 which would have been limited to a Madison Memorial Hall and facilities for research by scliolars and other experts with an underground amiex consisting of three floors in which could be stored the papers of the twenty-three l^residents of the United States and other vahiable dcK'uments now in the Library of Congress which would l>e made available for researcli in the memorial library; Whereas the House Office Bidlding Comnjission's jurisdiction over square 782, which is owned by the United States, and the said Commission's approval of the Madison Memorial (/ommission proposal for a Madison Memorial Researcli Library to be constructed on square 732 resulted in redirecting the preparation of preliminary plans and estimates of cost for an additional Library of Congress building to include, as a part of the Library's building program, the proposed Madison Memorial Research Library and underground annex, both to be administered by the Libi*ariaii of Congress. Such redirection of the Library's building program as developed and reported to the Joint Committee on the Library in 1961 would have provided about 2-1 per centum of the Library's piojected new space in the memorial and underground annex and the remaining 76 per centum on two squares east of the annex, in place of the initial plan for a single structure on four squares east of the annex; WT^iereas the provision of an additional Library of Congress building is a dire necessity and should be undertaken without further delay and square 732, althouin-h limited to about 85 per centum of the space souarht in an additiotuil Library of Congress building, is a desirable location for such building, has been cleared of all s t r u o tures, and would present no delay to building construction; Whereas the construction of a third Library building in square 732 would render unnecessary at this time the acquisition and use of residential blocks east of tjhe present Libraly Annex for a Library building; and

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