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Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Chapter 17 — Distribution and Sale of Public Documents

§ 1718. Distribution of Government publications to the Library of Congress

Statutory text

There shall be printed and furnished to the Library of Congress for official use in the District of Columbia not to exceed twenty-five copies of:

House documents and reports, bound;

Senate documents and reports, bound;

Senate and House journals, bound;

public bills and resolutions;

the United States Code and supplements, bound; and

all other publications and maps which are printed, or otherwise reproduced, under authority of law, upon the requisition of a Congressional committee, executive department, bureau, independent office, establishment, commission, or officer of the Government.

Confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public character shall be excepted.

In addition, there shall be delivered as printed to the Library of Congress:

ten copies of each House document and report, unbound;

ten copies of each Senate document and report, unbound; and

ten copies of each private bill and resolution and fifty copies of the laws in slip form.

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. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238

    Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1718

    Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282

  2. Pub. L. 97–276 § 101(e) · 96 Stat. 1186

    Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1718

    Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “not to exceed twenty-five copies of” for “, and for international exchange as provided by section 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “not to exceed twenty-five copies of” for “, and for international exchange as provided by section 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution, such 95 Stat. 1519. 22 USC 2151 note. amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects and activities under all the conditions and to the extent and in the manner as provided in S. 2939, entitled the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1983, as reported September 22, 1982, and the provisions of S. 2939 shall be effective as if enacted into law; except that the provisions of section 306 (a), (b), and (d) of S. 2939 shall apply to any 5 USC 5318 note. appropriation, fund, or authority made available for the period October 1, 1982, through December 17, 1982, by this or any other Act. For purposes of this subsection, S. 2939, as reported September 22, 1982, shall be treated as appropriating the following amounts: Under the headings “JOINT ITEMS”, “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”, “Joint Economic Committee”, $2,327,000, and “Contingent Expenses of the House”, “Joint Committee on Taxation”, $3,233,000; under the headings “CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $14,825,000; under the headings “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL”, “Salaries”, $4,301,000; under the headings “COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $606,000, of which $157,000 shall be derived from the appropriation “Payments to Copyright Owners” for the reasonable costs incurred in proceedings involving distribution of royalty fees as provided by 17 U.S.G 807; under the headings “GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $244,900,000. For purposes of this subsection, S. 2939 shall be applied as follows: The limitation on the number of staff employees of the Congressional Budget Office contained in S. 2939 shall be applied by substituting “222 staff employees” for “226 staff employees ; The fourth proviso under the headings “GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE , “Government Printing Office Revolving Fund”, relating to travel expenses of advisory councils to the Public Printer, contained in S. 2939 shall be effective only for fiscal year 1983. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, for payment to Patricia Ann Benjamin, wife of Adam Benjamin, Junior, late a Representative from the State of Indiana, $60,663.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 139 (, No. 12, 30 Stat. 1388; , No. 16, §§ 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title IV, § 6, 49 Stat. 1550).

Reference to the Official Register is omitted as obsolete. The authorization for its compilation was repealed by Public Law 88–626 [86–626].

Editorial Notes

Codification

The 1982 amendment by Pub. L. 97–276 is based on section 305(a) of S. 2939, Ninety-seventh Congress, 2d Session, as reported , and incorporated by reference in section 101(e) of Pub. L. 97–276, to be effective as if enacted into law.

Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “not to exceed twenty-five copies of” for “, and for international exchange as provided by section 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of”.

Credits

1968–1982 · 2 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282
  2. 1982Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e), , 96 Stat. 1189.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e), , 96 Stat. 1189.)

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