A bill to change the title of employees designated by the Librarian of Congress for police duty and to make the rank structure and pay for such employees the same as the rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police.
Public Law 100-135 · H.R. 2249 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 16, 1987 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Oakar (D-OH-20)
Cosponsors (106): Rep. Jan Meyers, Rep. George Hochbrueckner,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to designate employees of the Library of Congress as police for duty with respect to the Library buildings and adjacent streets. Requires the rank structure and pay for such employees to be the same as that for the Capitol Police.
Provides for compensating in accordance with prior law those Library employees performing police duties at the rank of private who have earned additional pay for Sunday or night work until certain conditions are met or September 30, 1989, whenever occurs first.
Requires that any pay increase for Library employees under this Act be made in four annual increments, so that parity with the Capitol Police occurs beginning with the first pay period after September 30, 1990.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Committee on House Administration · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Libraries and Memorials Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.
- Oct 16, 1987Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-135.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 7, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 30, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Sep 24, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Sep 23, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Jul 22, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Jul 21, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 13, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Committee on House Administration
- Jun 24, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Committee on House Administration
- May 28, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Libraries and Memorials Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Libraries and Memorials Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- May 5, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Libraries and Memorials Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration
- Apr 30, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.