§ 106a. — Promulgation of laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 1USC106a]
TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2--ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS;
SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
Sec. 106a. Promulgation of laws
Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the Senate and House
of Representatives, having been approved by the President, or not having
been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect,
it shall forthwith be received by the Archivist of the United States
from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote is
returned by the President with his objections, and, on being
reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is approved by two-thirds of
both Houses of Congress, and thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it
shall be received by the Archivist of the United States from the
President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives in
whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and he shall
carefully preserve the originals.
(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 2(b), 65 Stat. 710; amended Pub. L.
98-497, title I, Sec. 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``Archivist of the United States''
for ``Administrator of General Services'' in two places.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44,
Public Printing and Documents.
Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions;
Transfer of Property and Personnel
Similar provisions were contained in R.S. Sec. 204; act Dec. 28,
1874, ch. 9, Sec. 2, 18 Stat. 294; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, Sec. 1, eff.
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which with the exception of
the reorganization plan, were repealed by section 56(h) of act Oct. 31,
1951. Subsec. (l) of that section 56 provided that the repeal should not
affect any rights or liabilities existing under those statutes on the
effective date of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of
functions under the repealed statutes, and transfer of records,
property, personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan
No. 20, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
