"All land-grant colleges shall be constituted as depositories to re- Land-grant ceive Government publications subject to the provisions and limita colleges. tions of the depository laws." SEC. 6. That section 70 of the Act of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. Investigation 612, ch. 23; 44 U.S.C. 86), is hereby amended to read as follows: of libraries. "SEC. 70. Each library which may hereafter be designated by Senators, Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands as a depository of Government publications shall be able to provide custody and service for depository materials and be located in an area where it can best serve the public need, and shall be located within an area not already adequately served by existing depository libraries. The Superintendent of Documents shall receive reports from designated depository libraries at least every two years concerning the condition of each and shall make firsthand investigation of conditions for which need is indicated; the results of such investigations shall be included in his annual report. Whenever he shall ascertain that the number of books in any such library is below ten thousand, other than Government publications, or it has ceased to be maintained so as to be accessible to the public, or that the Government publications which have been furnished the library have not been properly maintained, he shall delete the library from the list of depository libraries 76 STAT. 354. if the library fails to correct the unsatisfactory conditions within six months. The Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in whose area the library is located (or (1) in the case of a library designated by a Senator, the Senator who made such designation or any successor of such Senator, (2) in the case of a library in the District of Columbia, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and (3) in the case of a library in Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the Governor) shall be notified and shall then be authorized to designate another library within the area served by him, which shall meet the conditions herein required, but which shall not be in excess of the number of depository libraries authorized by law within the State, district, territory, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be.' ་་ SEC. 7. That section 98 of the Act of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 624, ch. 23; 44 U.S.C. 87), is hereby amended to read as follows: 76 STAT. 355. "SEC. 98. The libraries of the executive departments, of the United Libraries of States Military Academy, of the United States Naval Academy, of the executive deUnited States Air Force Academy, of the United States Coast Guard partments, eto. Academy, and of the United States Merchant Marine Academy are constituted designated depositories of Government publications. A depository library within each independent agency may be designated upon certification of need by the head of the independent agency to the Superintendent of Documents. Additional depository libraries within executive departments and independent agencies may be designated to receive Government publications to the extent that the number so designated shall not exceed the number of major bureaus or divisions of such departments and independent agencies. These designations shall be made only after certification by the head of each executive department or independent agency to the Superintendent of Documents as to the justifiable need for additional depository libraries. Depository libraries within executive departments and independent agencies Government publi are authorized to dispose of unwanted Government publications after first offering them to the Library of Congress and the National Archives." SEC. 8. That section 74 of the Act of January 12, 1895, as amended cations as public (28 Stat. 620, ch. 23; and sec. 11, 49 Stat. 1552, ch. 630; 44 U.S.C. 92), is hereby amended to read as follows: property, free use. Regional depositores. 76 STAT. 355. 76 STAT. 356. Disposition of publications after five years. 44 USC 4. "SEC. 74. All Government publications of a permanent nature which are furnished by authority of law to officers (except Members of Congress) of the United States Government, for their official use, shall be stamped 'Property of the United States Government', and shall be preserved by such officers and by them delivered to their successors in office as a part of the property appertaining to the office. Government publications which are furnished to depository libraries shall be made available for the free use of the general public, and may be disposed of by depository libraries after retention for a minimum period of five years, and in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Depository Library Act of 1962, if the depository library is served by a regional depository library. When the depository libraries are not served by a regional depository library, or if they are regional depository libraries themselves, the Government publications, except superseded publications or those issued later in bound form which may be discarded as authorized by the Superintendent of Documents, shall be retained permanently in either printed form or in microfacsimile form." SEC. 9. Not to exceed two depository libraries in each State and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be designated as herein provided to be regional depositories, and as such shall receive from the Superintendent of Documents copies of all new and revised Government publications authorized for distribution to depository libraries. Designation of regional depository libraries may be made by a Senator or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico within the areas served by them, after approval by the head of the library authority of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be, who shall first ascertain from the head of the library to be so designated that the library will, in addition to fulfilling the requirements for depository libraries, retain at least one copy of all Government publications, either in printed or microfacsimile form (except those authorized to be discarded by the Superintendent of Documents); and within the region served will provide interlibrary loan, reference service, and assistance for depository libraries in the disposal of unwanted Government publications as herein provided. The agreement to function as a regional depository library shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents by the Senator or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico when designation is made. The libraries designated as regional depositories shall be authorized to permit depository libraries, within the areas served by them, to dispose of Government publications which they have retained for at least five years after first offering them to other depository libraries within their area, then to other libraries, and then if not wanted to discard. SEC. 10. The Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, as provided for by section 2 of the Printing Act of 1895 (ch. 23, sec. 2, 28 Stat. 601), as amended, shall adopt and employ such measures as he deems necessary for the economical and practical implementation of this Act. 76 STAT. 356. SEC. 11. The Act entitled "An Act to make the United States Coast Repeal. Guard Academy library a public depository for Government publications", approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1209; 44 U.S.C. 87a), is hereby repealed. Approved August 9, 1962. Public Law 87-614 An Act 76 STAT. 408. To authorize the employment without compensation from the Government of readers for blind Government employees, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the head Blind Governof each department is authorized, in his discretion, to employ, with- ment employees. out regard to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, a reading assistant or assistants for any blind employee 5 USC 1071 note. of such department, to serve without compensation from such department. (b) Each such reading assistant may be paid and receive compensation for his services as reading assistant by and from such blind employee or any nonprofit organization, without regard to section 1914 of title 18, United States Code. (c) For the purposes of this Act, the term— (1) "department" means— Readers. Conflict of interest. 62 Stat. 793. (A) each executive department of the Federal Govern- Definitions. ment; (B) each agency or independent establishment in the executive branch of such Government; (C) each corporation wholly owned or controlled by such Government; (D) the General Accounting Office; (E) the Library of Congress; and (F) the municipal government of the District of Columbia; (2) "head of each department", with respect to the municipal government of the District of Columbia, means the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; (3) "blind employee" means an employee of a department who establishes, to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority of the department concerned and in accordance with regulations of the head of such department, that he has an impairment of sight, either permanent or temporary, which is so severe or disabling that the employment of a reading assistant or assistants for such employee is necessary or desirable to enable such employee properly to perform his work; and (4) "nonprofit organization" means an organization determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be an organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which is 68A Stat. 163. exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of such Code. (d) This Act shall not be held or considered to prevent or limit in any way the assignment to a blind employee by a department of clerical or secretarial assistance, at the expense of such department and in accordance with laws and regulations currently applicable at the time, if such assistance normally is provided, or authorized to be provided, in such manner in accordance with currently applicable laws and regulations. Approved August 29, 1962. Public Law 87-638 87th Congress, H. R. 6984 An Act 76 STAT. 437. To provide for a method of payment of indirect costs of research and development contracted by the Federal Government at universities, colleges, and other educational institutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter provision may be made in cost-type research and development contracts (including grants) with universities, colleges, or other educational institutions for payment of reimbursable indirect costs on the basis of predetermined fixed-percentage rates applied to the total, or an element thereof, of the reimbursable direct costs incurred. Approved September 5, 1962. (382) Research and development. Indirect costs. |