2018—Par. (1). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(1), inserted “, education,” after “library”.

Par. (5). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(2), added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: “to promote literacy, education, and lifelong learning and to enhance and expand the services and resources provided by libraries, including those services and resources relating to workforce development, 21st century skills, and digital literacy skills;”.

Pars. (6), (7). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(4), added pars. (6) and (7). Former pars. (6) and (7) redesignated (8) and (9), respectively.

Par. (8). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(3), (5), redesignated par. (6) as (8) and inserted “, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds,” after “professionals”.

Pars. (9) to (11). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(3), redesignated pars. (7) to (9) as (9) to (11), respectively.

Par. (12). Puspan. L. 115–410, § 7(6)–(8), added par. (12).

2010—Par. (1). Puspan. L. 111–340, § 201(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to consolidate Federal library service programs;”.

Par. (2). Puspan. L. 111–340, § 201(2), inserted “continuous” after “promote”.

Pars. (5) to (9). Puspan. L. 111–340, § 201(3)–(5), added pars. (5) to (9).

2003—Pars. (2) to (5). Puspan. L. 108–81 added pars. (2) to (4) and struck out former pars. (2) to (5) which read as follows:

“(2) to stimulate excellence and promote access to learning and information resources in all types of libraries for individuals of all ages;

“(3) to promote library services that provide all users access to information through State, regional, national and international electronic networks;

“(4) to provide linkages among and between libraries; and

“(5) to promote targeted library services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or information skills.”