2 U.S.C. § 136
Section 136 · Librarian of Congress; appointment; rules and regulations
This is the Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Ameron, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1986)
Most recently applied in Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance v. Library of Congress (June 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Librarian of Congress shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Library.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
R.S. §§ 88, 89, 4950, which were repealed by acts Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 131, § 1, 47 Stat. 1349; Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 1, 47 Stat. 1428, 1431.
Amendments
2015—Pub. L. 114–86 struck out provisions relating to appointment of Librarian of Congress.
1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the Librarian of Congress to give a bond in the sum of $20,000.
Short Title of 2015 Amendment
Pub. L. 114–86, § 1, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 675, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 136–1 of this title and amending this section] may be cited as the ‘Librarian of Congress Succession Modernization Act of 2015’.”