Library Services and Construction Act

Library Services and Construction Act
Long title	An Act to amend the Library Services Act in order to increase the amount of assistance under such Act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas.
Acronyms (colloquial)	LSCA
Nicknames	Library Services Act Amendment of 1964
Enacted by	the 88th United States Congress
Effective	February 11, 1964
Citations
Public law	88-269
Statutes at Large	78 Stat. 11
Codification
Titles amended	20 U.S.C.: Education
U.S.C. sections amended	20 U.S.C. ch. 16 § 351 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 2265 by John Herman Dent (D–PA) on October 29, 1963; Committee consideration by Senate Labor and Public Welfare, House Education and Labor; Passed the Senate on November 26, 1963 (89-7); Passed the House on January 21, 1964 (260-113) with amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on January 29, 1964 (Agreed); Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on February 11, 1964;

The Library Services and Construction Act, enacted in 1964 by the U.S. Congress, provides federal assistance to libraries in the United States for the purpose of improving or implementing library services or undertaking construction projects.

The 88th U.S. Congress passed the S. 2265 bill which the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson enacted into law on February 11, 1964.

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