Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 17 — Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
§ 1717. Documents and reports for foreign legations
Statutory text
Documents and reports may be furnished to foreign legations to the United States upon request stating those desired and requisition upon the Director of the Government Publishing Office by the Secretary of State. Gratuitous distribution may only be made to legations whose Governments furnish to legations from the United States copies of their printed and legislative documents desired.
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.
Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1717
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1281
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1281Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 div. H title I § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1717
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by striking “Public Printer” each place that term appears and inserting “Director of the Government Publishing Office”; and
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 91 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 75, 28 Stat. 620).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
Credits
1968–2014 · 2 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1281
- 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1281; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.)