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LegalText 2 U.S.C. § 159 Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board us united_states_code code_section 2 THE CONGRESS 5 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 159 2 U.S.C. § 159 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc02@119-100.zip /us/usc/t2/s159 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-02/usc02.xml 453b4d8ad45f8631eafa4070132ae6a34595ab6d51f816ce9b56ab26a8d60a6b ec6910a011de0a97d11b263bbcd649766188311e429ae6bdb5fc2cf5e6ebbb9e 3f90155c7132e595b25f36ef0d7af74dc0bec0578bd8ed0791013555367f0e57 2026-07-04 official
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2 U.S.C. § 159 - Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board

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The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered, or paid over to it for the purposes above specified. The board may be sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which is given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any trust accepted by it.

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 3, 43 Stat. 1108; Jan. 27, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 2; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1926—Act Jan. 27, 1926, inserted “including the power to sell” in first sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”. Act June 25, 1936, provided that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia is to be known as the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.