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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 2 — Organization of Congress

§ 28d. Distribution of Precedents by Director of the Government Publishing Office for official use; particular distribution; marking and ownership of sets

Statutory text

(a)

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

(1)

to each standing or joint committee of the Congress which is in existence on , or which is established after , four sets;

(2)

to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, five sets;

(3)

to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, five sets;

(4)

to the library of the House of Representatives, four sets;

(5)

to the library of the Senate, two sets;

(6)

to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, nine sets;

(7)

to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the House of Representatives, three sets; and

(8)

to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate, three sets.

(b)

Each set of Precedents distributed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office under subsection (a) of this section shall be for official use. Each such set shall be legibly stamped on the front cover “Property of the United States Government.” Each such set, upon delivery, shall become and remain the property of the United States, and may not be removed from the building in which is located the designated library or office, as the case may be.

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. Pub. L. 94–551 § 3 · 90 Stat. 2537

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 28d

    Pub. L. 94–551, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2538

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–551, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2538

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. (a) The Public Printer shall make the following distribution of sets of the Precedents; (1) to each standing or joint committee of the Congress which is in existence on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution or which is established after such date of enactment, four sets; (2) to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, five sets; (3) to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, five sets; (4) to the library of the House of Representatives, four sets; (5) to the library of the Senate, two sets; (6) to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, nine sets; (7) to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the House of Representatives, three sets; and (8) to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate, three sets. (b) Each set of Precedents distributed by the Public Printer under subsection (a) of this section shall be for official use. Each such set shall be legibly stamped on the front cover “Property of the United States Government.” Each such set, upon delivery, shall become and remain the property of the United States, and may not be removed from the budding in which is located the designated library or office, as the case may be.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in text 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 · 2 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 94–551, § 3, , 90 Stat. 2538
  2. 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Pub. L. 94–551, § 3, , 90 Stat. 2538; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), , 128 Stat. 2537.)

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