§ 28c. Distribution of Precedents by Director of the Government Publishing Office

Statutory text

Delivery to Members of Ninety-fifth Congress; marking of volumes

The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall deliver one set of the Precedents to each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Ninety-fifth Congress. The name of the Member to whom the set is delivered shall be legibly stamped on the front cover of each volume of the set.

Members of Congress following Ninety-fifth Congress not already having sets of Precedents; necessity of written request to Superintendent of Documents for set

Each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, each Congress following the Ninety-fifth Congress who has not theretofore received a set of the Precedents shall be entitled to receive one set of the Precedents, upon transmitting a written request for such set to the Superintendent of Documents.

Additional distribution of sets

The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall make the following distribution of sets of the Precedents:

to the office of the Vice President, to the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the office of the President pro tempore of the Senate, each, five sets;

to the office of the majority leader of the House of Representatives and to the office of the minority leader of the House of Representatives, each, three sets;

to the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, sixty sets;

to the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets;

to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each 1 two sets;

to the Secretary of the Senate and to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two sets;

to the superintendent of the House document room, two sets;

to the superintendent of the Senate document room, two sets;

to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred and fifty sets;

to the National Archives, three sets;

to the government of the District of Columbia, twelve sets;

to the Smithsonian Institute, two sets;

to the library of each legislative branch of each State, territory, and possession of the United States, one set; and

to the Superintendent of Documents, eight hundred and sixteen sets for distribution to the depository library system.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

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.

1976
Pub. L. 94–551 § 2 · 90 Stat. 2537
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 28c
Pub. L. 94–551, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–551, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. (a) The Public Printer shall deliver one set of the Precedents 2 USC 28c. to each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Ninety-fifth Congress, The name of the Member to whom the set is delivered shall be legibly stamped on the front cover of each volume of the set. (b) Each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, each Congress following the Ninety-fifth Congress who has not theretofore received a set of the Precedents shall be entitled to receive one set of the Precedents, upon transmitting a written request for such set to the Superintendent of Documents. (c) The Public Printer shall make the following distribution of sets of the Precedents: (1) to the office of the Vice President, to the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the office of the President pro tempore of the Senate, each, five sets; (2) to the office of the majority leader of the House of Representatives and to the office of the minority leader of the House of Representatives, each, three sets; (3) to the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, sixty sets; (4) to the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets; (5) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Door-keeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets; (6) to the Secretary of the Senate and to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two sets; (7) to the superintendent of the House document room, two sets; (8) to the superintendent of the Senate document room, two sets; (9) to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred and fifty sets; (10) to the National Archives, three sets; (11) to the government of the District of Columbia, twelve sets; (12) to the Smithsonian Institute, two sets; (13) to the library of each legislative branch of each State, territory, and possession of the United States, one set; and (14) to the Superintendent of Documents, eight hundred and sixteen sets for distribution to the depository library system.
1996
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
Pub. L. 104–186 § 202(3)(A) · 110 Stat. 1718
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 28c(c)(2)
Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(A), substituted “Representatives, each” for “Representives, each”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(A), substituted “Representatives, each” for “Representives, each”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking out “Representives” and inserting in lieu thereof “Representatives”; and
1996
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
Pub. L. 104–186 § 202(3)(B) · 110 Stat. 1718
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 28c(c)(5)
Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(B), substituted “and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets” for “, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(B), substituted “and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets” for “, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking out “, to the Sergeant” and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets;”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(A), substituted “Representatives, each” for “Representives, each”.

Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(B), substituted “and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets” for “, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in subsecs. (a) and (c) 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. Substitution was also made in section catchline that had been supplied editorially.

Credits

1976–2014 · 3 acts

1976Pub. L. 94–551, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537
1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 202(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1724
2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 94–551, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 202(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1724; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)