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§ 201. —  Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 1USC201]

 
                       TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
 CHAPTER 3--CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF 
                      COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS
 
Sec. 201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United 
        States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and 
        Supplements
        
    In order to avoid duplication and waste--
    (a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large.--
Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any 
of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of 
this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives so directs 
the Archivist of the United States;
    (b) Curtailing number of copies published.--Curtailment of the 
number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or 
publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title may be 
directed by such committee, except that the Public Printer shall print 
such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and 
for sale; and
    (c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each 
Congress.--Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution 
of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the 
Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that 
there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least one 
supplement to each such code, containing the legislation of such 
Congress.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, Sec. 1, 
68 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2291.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``Archivist of the 
United States'' for ``Administrator of General Services''.
    1954--Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted ``Administrator of 
General Services'' for ``Secretary of State''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 208 of this title.



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