---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 175"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "175"
heading: "Administrative provisions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/175"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Library of Congress"
---

# §175. Administrative provisions


The [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) of Congress, in carrying out the [Center](/usc/2/1102.md?p=1)’s functions, is authorized to—

- (1) prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary;
- (2) receive money and other property donated, bequeathed, or devised for the purposes of the [Center](/usc/2/1102.md?p=1), and to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such property for the purposes of carrying out the [Center](/usc/2/1102.md?p=1)’s functions, without reference to Federal disposal statutes; and
- (3) accept and utilize the services of voluntary and noncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by [section 5703 of title 5](/usc/5/5703.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–129, § 5, Oct. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1152.)