2 U.S.C. § 167j — Area comprising Library of Congress grounds; “buildings and grounds” defined

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This section marks the exact boundary lines of the Library of Congress grounds in Washington, D.C. It also defines "Library of Congress buildings and grounds" to include buildings the Library uses and connecting passageways. It also covers one specific city lot and about 45 acres of land in Culpeper County, Virginia.

(a) This subsection draws the exact boundary lines for the Library of Congress grounds in Washington, D.C. It lists street curbs and an alley, one after another, to trace a loop around the property: starting at the east curb of First Street Southeast, running along East Capitol Street, Second Street Southeast, B Street Southeast, and continuing through a series of curbs and an alley near the Library Annex Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, before closing the loop back near Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast. (b) This subsection defines "Library of Congress buildings and grounds" three ways. First, it includes any building or structure the Library of Congress occupies — whether by lease or otherwise — as long as the Librarian of Congress supervises and controls it. Second, it includes the land under any building or structure occupied entirely by the Library. Third, it includes any subway or enclosed passageway that connects two or more buildings or structures the Library occupies in whole or in part. (c) This subsection adds more land to the definition. It includes all the real property in "lot 51 in square 869" in Washington, D.C., as recorded on August 1, 1990. This covers the property out to the outer curbs of its city square, plus any alleys or street parts within its boundary lines. It also includes any improvements built on that property. (d) This subsection adds land far from Washington, D.C. It includes three parcels of land in Culpeper County, Virginia — about 45 acres total, split across Tax Parcel Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D. About 40.949 acres came to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation by a 1998 deed from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. About 4.181 acres came to the Packard Humanities Institute by a 2002 deed from Russell H. Inskeep. This subsection also includes any improvements built on that Virginia property.

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(a)

The Library of Congress grounds shall be held to extend to the line of the face of the east curb of First Street Southeast, between B Street Southeast and East Capitol Street; to the line of the face of the south curb of East Capitol Street, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Second Street Southeast, between East Capitol Street and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between First Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast; and to the line of the face of the east curb of Second Street Southeast, between Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast and the north side of the alley separating the Library Annex Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library; to the line of the north side of the same alley, between Second Street Southeast and Third Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the west curb of Third Street Southeast, between the north side of the same alley and B Street Southeast; to the line of the face of the north curb of B Street Southeast, between Third Street Southeast and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast; to the line of the face of the northeast curb of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, between B Street Southeast and Second Street Southeast.

(b)

The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include (1) the whole or any part of any building or structure which is occupied under lease or otherwise by the Library of Congress and is subject to supervision and control by the Librarian of Congress, (2) the land upon which there is situated any building or structure which is occupied wholly by the Library of Congress, and (3) any subway or enclosed passageway connecting two or more buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part by the Library of Congress.

(c)

The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include (1) all real property in lot 51 in square 869 in the District of Columbia, as that lot appears on the records in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia on August 1, 1990, extending to the outer face of the curbs of the square in which it is located and including all alleys or parts of alleys and streets within the lot lines and curb lines surrounding such real property, and (2) improvements to such real property.

(d)

The term “Library of Congress buildings and grounds” shall include the following property:

(1)

Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) conveyed to David and Lucile Packard Foundation by deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.

(2)

Improvements to such real property.

Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561, § 11, 64 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 91–281, June 17, 1970, 84 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 101–520, title II, § 205(d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2272; Pub. L. 101–562, § 2(c), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2780; Pub. L. 105–144, § 2, Dec. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 2667; Pub. L. 108–83, title I, § 1203(b), Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1031; Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1004(d)(2)(D), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2234; Pub. L. 110–178, § 4(b)(4), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2552; Pub. L. 111–145, § 6(d)(1), Mar. 4, 2010, 124 Stat. 54.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1950Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 561 · 64 Stat. 412
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-281 · 84 Stat. 309
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-520 · 104 Stat. 2272
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-562 · 104 Stat. 2780
1997Amended · Pub. L. 105-144 · 111 Stat. 2667
2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-83 · 117 Stat. 1031
2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-161 · 121 Stat. 2234
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-178 · 121 Stat. 2552
2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-145 · 124 Stat. 54

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