Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 19 — Depository Library Program
§ 1916. Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries
Statutory text
Upon the request of any accredited law school, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall designate the library of such law school as a depository library. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may not make such designation unless he determines that the library involved meets the requirements of this chapter, other than those requirements of the first undesignated paragraph of section 1909 of this title which relate to the location of such library.
For purposes of this section, the term “accredited law school” means any law school which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the Commissioner of Education for such purpose or accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in which the law school is located.
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. 95–261 § 1 · 92 Stat. 199
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1916
Added Pub. L. 95–261, § 1, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 95–261, § 1, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 div. H title I § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1916(a)
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places.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
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 95–261, § 3, , 92 Stat. 199, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect on .”
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Commissioner of Education transferred to Secretary of Education pursuant to section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education.
Credits
1978–2014 · 2 acts
- 1978Added Pub. L. 95–261, § 1, , 92 Stat. 199
- 2014amended Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Added Pub. L. 95–261, § 1, , 92 Stat. 199; amended Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.)