Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Chapter 69 — General Provisions Relating to Stamps
§ 6801. Authority for establishment, alteration, and distribution
Statutory text
Establishment and alteration
The Secretary may establish, and from time to time alter, renew, replace, or change the form, style, character, material, and device of any stamp, mark, or label under any provision of the laws relating to internal revenue.
Preparation and distribution of regulations, forms, stamps and dies
The Secretary shall prepare and distribute all the instructions, regulations, directions, forms, blanks, and stamps; and shall provide proper and sufficient adhesive stamps and other stamps or dies for expressing and denoting the several stamp taxes.
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.
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 829 · 68A Stat. 829
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6801
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 829
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 829Pub. L. 94–455 title XIX § 1906(b)(13)(A) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6801(a)
Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking out “Secretary or his delegate” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary”.Pub. L. 94–455 title XIX § 1906(b)(13)(A) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6801(b)
Pub. L. 94–455 and Pub. L. 94–569 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” and provided that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 and Pub. L. 94–569 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” and provided that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking out “Secretary or his delegate” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary”.Tax Reform Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–369 div. A title IV § 454(c)(13) · 98 Stat. 494
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6801(b)
Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “, except that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary” before the period at end
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “, except that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary” before the period at end.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(13) Subsection (b) of section 6801 (relating to authority for establishment, alteration, and distribution) is amended by strik-ing out “several stamp taxes;” and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof “several stamp taxes.”Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective July 1, 1985, see section 456(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5101 of this title.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976–1984 · 2 rounds
1984
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “, except that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary” before the period at end.
1976
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 and Pub. L. 94–569 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” and provided that stamps required by or prescribed pursuant to the provisions of section 5205 or section 5235 may be prepared and distributed by persons authorized by the Secretary, under such controls for the protection of the revenue as shall be deemed necessary.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective , see section 456(b) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5101 of this title.
Credits
1954–1984 · 4 acts
- 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 829
- 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834
- 1976Pub. L. 94–569, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2699
- 1984Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, § 454(c)(13), , 98 Stat. 822.
Show as published
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 829; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 94–569, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2699; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, § 454(c)(13), , 98 Stat. 822.)