Preservationists say Library of Congress makeover plan is ‘vandalism’ The library’s Main Reading Room, included in a $60 million renovation of the Thomas Jefferson Building, lands on the D.C ...

The Library of Congress submitted a $803 million budget request to House appropriators for fiscal 2020, which is a 6.8 percent increase over enacted funding levels.

The library is still moving forward with plans for an orientation center and other new additions, and is on track to meet its goal of raising $20 million in private funding for it in fiscal year 2023.