Photography on Library Premises

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Library of Congress 36 CFR Part 702 [Docket No. 2026-01] AGENCY: Library of Congress. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Library of Congress is issuing this final rule to amend its regulations regarding photography on Library premises. This amendment updates terminology, institutes a permit process for posed, staged, or otherwise directed or organized photography (now defined in the regulation as “formal photography for personal use”), and clarifies the types of photography that require permission from the Director of Communications. DATES: Effective March 19, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terri Humphries, Special Assistant, Library of Congress Office of the General Counsel, (202) 707-6316, thum@loc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Librarian of Congress is authorized to make regulations with respect to the Library of Congress ( 2 U.S.C. 136 ). Since neither the Federal Register Act nor the Administrative Procedure Act has binding effect on the legislative branch, the Library of Congress is not required to publish its regulations in the CFR. However, because the purpose of the CFR is to “notify industry, general business, and the people” ( Toledo, P & W.R.R. v. Stover, 60 F. Supp. 587 (S.D. Ill. 1945)), it is appropriate for the Library to continue publishing those regulations which affect the rights and responsibilities of, and restrictions on, the public. The Library of Congress is responsible for establishing standards and regulations …