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Title 1 — General Provisions

Chapter 3 — Code of Laws of United States and Supplements; District of Columbia Code and Supplements

§ 201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements

Statutory text

In order to avoid duplication and waste—

(a)

Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large.—

Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives so directs the Archivist of the United States;

(b)

Curtailing number of copies published.—

Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title may be directed by such committee, except that the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale; and

(c)

Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress.—

Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least one supplement to each such code, containing the legislation of such Congress.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. 1 U. S. C., § —

    Pub. L. 80–388 · 61 Stat. 633

    Enacted · 1 U.S.C. § 201

    July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637

  2. Public Law not identified

    Substituted · 1 U.S.C. § 201(a)

    Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”.

  3. National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–497 title I § 107(d) · 98 Stat. 2280

    Substituted · 1 U.S.C. § 201(a)

    Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Sections 106a, 106b, 112, 113, and 201 of title 1, United States Code, are amended by striking out “Administrator of General Services” and “General Services Administration” each place they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “Archivist of the United States” and “National Archives and Records Administration”, respectively.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1954–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.

1954

Subsec. (a). Act , substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in subsec. (b) on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective , see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Credits

1947–2014 · 4 acts
  1. 1947July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637
  2. 1954Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 1, 68 Stat. 1226
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), , 98 Stat. 2291
  4. 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 1, 68 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), , 98 Stat. 2291; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), , 128 Stat. 2537.)

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