2 U.S.C. § 182c — Revolving fund for FEDLINK program and Federal Research program

(a) Establishment. The Treasury holds a revolving fund for the Library of Congress's FEDLINK program and its Federal Research program, both described in (f). (b) Individual accounting requirement. The fund keeps a separate account for each program. (c) Fees for services. (1) The Librarian may charge fees for FEDLINK and Federal Research services and must deposit them into that program's account. (2) Participants must pay in advance if either (A) the Librarian decides the fund doesn't have enough money to cover the cost, or (B) the participant and Librarian agree to advance payment. (d) Contents of fund. (1) Each account holds: (A) fees under (c); (B) other money received for that program; (C) money moved in under paragraph (2); and (D) money Congress appropriates. (2) Despite a rule in title 31, when the fund was created the Librarian had to move into each account: (A) any unspent money already tied to that program; and (B) the value of that program's supplies, inventory, equipment, and gift-fund balances, minus its debts. (e) Use of amounts in fund. The Librarian may spend each account's money — in amounts Congress sets in appropriations laws, with no fiscal-year deadline — on that account's program. (f) Programs described. (1) FEDLINK is the Library of Congress program that provides, to federal libraries, federal information centers, other federal entities, tribal governments, and the District of Columbia: (A) buying commercial information services, publications, and library support services; (B) related accounting services; and (C) related education, information, and support services. (2) The Federal Research program is the Library of Congress program that gives federal entities and the District of Columbia research reports, translations, and analytical studies — but not anything from the Congressional Research Service.