2 U.S.C. § 137c — Withdrawal of books from Library of Congress

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Judges of the D.C. Court of Appeals and D.C. District Court can borrow books from the Library of Congress. They get the same access Supreme Court justices have. The same rules that apply to justices apply to them.

This section extends library privileges to certain judges in Washington, D.C. The chief judge and associate judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the chief judge and associate judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, are authorized to use the Library of Congress and take books from it. They get this access in the same way, and under the same regulations, that apply to the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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The chief judge and associate judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the chief judge and associate judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia are authorized to use and take books from the Library of Congress in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Source credit: (Joint Res. No. 9, Jan. 27, 1894, 28 Stat. 577; June 7, 1934, ch. 426, 48 Stat. 926; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), (b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1934Enacted · Act of June 7, 1934, ch. 426 · 48 Stat. 926
1936Amended · Act of June 25, 1936, ch. 804 · 49 Stat. 1921
1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 991
1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 107

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