2 U.S.C. § 151
Section 151 · Smithsonian Library
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Rodriguez-Flores v. U.S. Coatings, Inc. (2013)
Most recently applied in Rodriguez-Flores v. U.S. Coatings, Inc. (June 2013)
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 library collected by the Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of the Act of August 10, 1846, chapter 25, and removed from the building of that institution, with the consent of the Regents thereof, to the Library of Congress, shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the Library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
Act of August 10, 1846, chapter 25, referred to in text, probably should be act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, 9 Stat. 102, which was entitled “An Act to establish the ‘Smithsonian Institution’, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men”.
Codification
R.S. §99 derived from act Apr. 5, 1866, ch. 25, §1, 14 Stat. 13.
Cross References
Smithsonian Institution, see section 41 et seq. of Title 20, Education, and sections 1305 and 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance.