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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part V · Chapter 115 — Evidence; Documentary

§ 1736. Congressional Journals

Statutory text

Extracts from the Journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and from the Executive Journal of the Senate when the injunction of secrecy is removed, certified by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be received in evidence with the same effect as the originals would have.

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. Title 28, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1736

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 676 (R.S. § 895).

Changes in phraseology were made.

Credits

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)

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