Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 17 — Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
§ 1719. International exchange of Government publications
Statutory text
For the purpose of more fully carrying into effect the convention concluded at Brussels on , and proclaimed by the President of the United States on , there shall be supplied to the Superintendent of Documents not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five copies each of all Government publications, including the daily and bound copies of the Congressional Record, for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress. Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publications distributed in accordance with this section shall be charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose.
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. § 1719
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282Pub. L. 97–276 § 101(e) · 96 Stat. 1186
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1719
Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “Superintendent of Documents” for first reference to “Library of Congress” and “for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress” for “for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to foreign governments which agree to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress”
Inserted · 44 U.S.C. § 1719
Pub. L. 97–276 inserted “Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publication distributed in accordance with this section shall be chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “Superintendent of Documents” for first reference to “Library of Congress” and “for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress” for “for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to foreign governments which agree to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress”, and inserted “Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publication distributed in accordance with this section shall be chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication.”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.Pub. L. 99–500 § 101(j) · 100 Stat. 1783-287
Amended · 44 U.S.C. § 1719
Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as amended by Pub. L. 100–71
Amended · 44 U.S.C. § 1719
Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as amended last sentence generally
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1719
Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as substituting “charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose” for “chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication”. See Codification note above
Unresolved: Pub. L. 99–500 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as amended by Pub. L. 100–71, amended last sentence generally, substituting “charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose” for “chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication”. See Codification note above.
2 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 3 unresolved
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964, ed., § 139a (, No. 16, § 3, 31 Stat. 1465; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 7, 43 Stat. 1106; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title IV, § 6, 49 Stat. 1550).
Editorial Notes
References in Text
There were two conventions concluded at Brussels on , and proclaimed by the President on : one was a convention “for the international exchange of official documents, scientific, and literary publications”; the other was “for the immediate exchange of the official journals, parliamentary annals, and documents.”
Codification
Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
The 1986 amendment is based on section 306 of title III of H.R. 5203 (see House Report 99–805 as filed in the House on ), and incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as amended by Pub. L. 100–71, to be effective as if enacted into law.
The 1982 amendment by Pub. L. 97–276 is based on section 305(b) 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.
Amendments1982–1986 · 2 rounds
1986
Pub. L. 99–500 and 99–591, as amended by Pub. L. 100–71, amended last sentence generally, substituting “charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose” for “chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication”. See Codification note above.
1982
Pub. L. 97–276 substituted “Superintendent of Documents” for first reference to “Library of Congress” and “for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress” for “for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to foreign governments which agree to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress”, and inserted “Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publication distributed in accordance with this section shall be chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication.”
Credits
1968–1986 · 3 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282
- 1982Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e), , 96 Stat. 1189
- 1986Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(j), , 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(j), , 100 Stat. 3341–287, as amended Pub. L. 100–71, title I, , 101 Stat. 425.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e), , 96 Stat. 1189; Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(j), , 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(j), , 100 Stat. 3341–287, as amended Pub. L. 100–71, title I, , 101 Stat. 425.)