2 USC Sec. 177 01/22/02

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TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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Sec. 177. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry

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(a) Recognition
The Congress recognizes that the Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress has for some time occupied a position of
prominence in the life of the Nation, has spoken effectively for
literary causes, and has occasionally performed duties and
functions sometimes associated with the position of poet laureate
in other nations and societies. Individuals are appointed to the
position of Consultant in Poetry by the Librarian of Congress for
one- or two-year terms solely on the basis of literary merit, and
are compensated from endowment funds administered by the Library of
Congress Trust Fund Board. The Congress further recognizes this
position is equivalent to that of Poet Laureate of the United
States.
(b) Position established
(1) There is established in the Library of Congress the position
of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. The Poet Laureate Consultant
in Poetry shall be appointed by the Librarian of Congress pursuant
to the same procedures of appointment as established on December
20, 1985, for the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
(2) Each department and office of the Federal Government is
encouraged to make use of the services of the Poet Laureate
Consultant in Poetry for ceremonial and other occasions of
celebration under such procedures as the Librarian of Congress
shall approve designed to assure that participation under this
paragraph does not impair the continuation of the work of the
individual chosen to fill the position of Poet Laureate Consultant
in Poetry.
(c) Poetry program
(1) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, with
the advice of the National Council on the Arts, shall annually
sponsor a program at which the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry
will present a major work or the work of other distinguished poets.
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Endowment for the Arts $10,000 for the fiscal year 1987 and for
each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1990, for
the purpose of carrying out this subsection.