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      "title": "Federal Aid to Libraries in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003",
      "summary": "Legislation reauthorizing the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) as Title II\u2014Library Services and Technology, of the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 (MLSA), was signed into law (P.L. 108-81) on September 25, 2003. The LSTA\u2019s authorization had expired at the end of FY2002; however, funding was not interrupted.\nLibrary Services and Technology (LST) is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The IMLS contains an Office of Museum Services (OMS) and an Office of Library Services (OLS). Beginning in FY2003, the OMS and the OLS were combined in one appropriation account within the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) Appropriations bill. In the past there had been two funding streams, one account for OMS within the Department of the Interior Appropriations, and one for OLS within the L-HHS-ED Appropriations.\nP.L. 108-81 authorized $232 million for LST in FY2004, and such sums as may be necessary for FY2005-FY2009. The bulk of LST funding is distributed to states via formula grants. Funding is also provided for library services for Native Americans, and for national activities. Participating states are required to develop five-year plans that set goals and priorities consistent with LST purposes (i.e., to enhance information-sharing networks and target library services to disadvantaged populations). The plans must provide for independent evaluations of federally assisted library services. A wide variety of types of libraries\u2014public, public school, college or university, research (if they provide public access to their collections), and (at state discretion) private libraries\u2014may receive LST aid.\nP.L. 108-81 provides for an increase in minimum state allotments for library services to $680,000, if the amount appropriated for a year, and available for state allotments, exceeds the amount of allotments to all states in FY2003. In addition, minimum state allotments for outlying areas are increased to $60,000, if appropriations in a given year are sufficient to meet the higher state minimums of $680,000.\nLibrary Services received funding of $210.597 million in FY2006; the Administration has requested increasing that funding to $220.855 million for FY2007. The House Committee on Appropriations has recommended $220.855 million in funding for FY2007; the Senate Committee on Appropriations has recommended funding of $213.337 million.\nThis report will be updated in response to legislative developments.",
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