Volume 52 · 761
Public Law 75–477
To amend certain sections of the Act entitled “An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents”, approved January 12, 1895, as amended.
Approved June 16, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend certain sections of the Act entitled “An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents”, approved January 12, 1895, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That so much of chapter 23, section 73 (28 Stat. 615), of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 1, sec. 30, and title 44, sec, 196), as relates to the compiling, editing, and indexing of the United States Statutes at Large, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“196. Statutes at Large; Contents; Admissibility in Evidence.—
That the Secretary of State shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed,
Contents.
and published, the United States Statutes at Large, which shall contain all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during each regular session of Congress; all treaties to which the United States is a party that have been proclaimed since the date of the adjournment of the regular session of Congress next preceding: all international agreements other than treaties to which the United States is a party that have been signed, proclaimed, or with reference to which any other final formality has been executed, since that date; all proclamations by the President in the numbered series issued since that date; and also any amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed or ratified pursuant to article V thereof since that date, together with the certificate of the Secretary of State issued in compliance with
R. S. § 205.
Extra sessions of Congress.
the provision contained in section 205 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U, S. C., title 5, sec, 160). In the event of an extra session of Congress, the Secretary of State shall cause all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during said extra session to be consolidated with, and published as part of, the contents of the volume for the next regular session. The United States Statutes at Large
Admissibility in evidence.
shall be legal evidence of the laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States.”
Sec. 2.
That so much of chapter 23, section 73 (28 Stat. 615), of
44 U. S. C., Supp, III, § 196a.
the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 44, sec. 196a), as relates to the printing, binding, and distribution of the United States Statutes at Large, be, and is hereby, amended as follows:
(196a. Same; Distribution.)
In the phrase “and after the final
Distribution.
adjournment of each session or Congress”, insert the word “regular” before the word “session”, so that such phrase will read as follows: “and after the final adjournment of each regular session of Congress”.
In the phrase “To the Senate Library, not to exceed twenty-five
Senate Library.
copies;” strike out the word “twenty-five” and insert “seventy-five”, so that the phrase will read as follows: “To the Senate Library, not to exceed seventy-five copies;”.
In the phrase “To the House Library, not to exceed fifty copies;”
House Library.
strike out the word “fifty” and insert “one hundred”, so that the phrase will read as follows: “To the House Library, not to exceed one hundred copies;”.
Sec. 3.
That chapter 23, section 5 (28 Stat. 602), of the Printing
Joint Committee on Printing.
Act, approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 7), relative to the opening of bids for furnishing paper and envelopes for the public printing and binding and blank paper required for the use of the. Government, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“(7. Opening bids; bonds.)
The sealed proposals to furnish paper
Opening bids for furnishing paper and envelopes.
and envelopes shall be opened in the presence of the Joint Committee on Printing and the contracts shall be awarded by them to the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the Government; but they shall
Bond.
not consider any proposal which is not accompanied by a bond with security or certified check in the amount of $5,000 guaranteeing that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, will enter into a formal contract with the United States to furnish the paper or envelopes specified; nor shall any proposal from persons unknown
Evidence required of unknown bidders.
to them be considered unless accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person making the proposal is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper or envelopes proposed to be furnished.”
Sec. 4.
That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
Inconsistent acts repealed.
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5.
That this Act shall be effective as of the
Effective date.
beginning of the third session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, January 3, 1938.
Approved, June 16, 1938.