[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC1718]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 17--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Sec. 1718. Distribution of Government publications to the
Library of Congress
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.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 97-276,
Sec. 101(e), Oct. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 1189.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 139 (Jan. 28, 1899, No. 12, 30
Stat. 1388; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, Secs. 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; June 20,
1936, ch. 630, title IV, Sec. 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authorization for its compilation was repealed by Public Law 88-626.
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 Sept. 22,
1982, 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 exce
