§ 1905. — Distribution to depositories; designation of additional libraries; justification; authorization for certain designations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC1905]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 19--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM
Sec. 1905. Distribution to depositories; designation of
additional libraries; justification; authorization for certain
designations
The Government publications selected from lists prepared by the
Superintendent of Documents, and when requested from him, shall be
distributed to depository libraries specifically designated by law and
to libraries designated by Senators, Representatives, and the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico, by the Commissioner of the District of
Columbia,\1\ and by the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, and the
Virgin Islands, respectively. Additional libraries within areas served
by Representatives or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico may be
designated by them to receive Government publications to the extent that
the total number of libraries designated by them does not exceed two
within each area. Not more than two additional libraries within a State
may be designated by each Senator from the State. Before an additional
library within a State, congressional district or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico is designated as a depository for Government publications,
the head of that library shall furnish his Senator, Representative, or
the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the case may be, with
justification of the necessity for the additional designation. The
justification, which shall also include a certification as to the need
for the additional depository library designation, shall be signed by
the head of every existing depository library within the congressional
district or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by the head of the
library authority of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
within which the additional depository library is to be located. The
justification for additional depository library designations shall be
transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents by the Senator,
Representative, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as the
case may be. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia may designate
two depository libraries in the District of Columbia, the Governor of
Guam and the Governor of American Samoa may each designate one
depository library in Guam and American Samoa, respectively, and the
Governor of the Virgin Islands may designate one depository library on
the island of Saint Thomas and one on the island of Saint Croix.
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(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1284.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 82 (R.S. Sec. 501; Mar. 1,
1907, ch. 2284, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579,
Sec. 2, 76 Stat. 353).
Transfer of Functions
Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established under
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, eff. Nov. 3, 1967 (in part), 32 F.R. 11669,
81 Stat. 948, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93-198,
title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by office
of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93-198.
Northern Marianas College as Depository
Pub. L. 101-219, title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1874,
provided that: ``The Northern Marianas College is hereby constituted a
depository to receive Government publications, and the Superintendent of
Documents shall supply to the Northern Marianas College one copy of each
such publication in the same form as supplied to other designated
depositories.''
District of Columbia Public Library as Depository
Act Sept. 28, 1943, ch. 243, 57 Stat. 568, provided: ``That the
Public Library of the District of Columbia is hereby constituted a
designated depository of governmental publications, and the
Superintendent of Documents shall supply to such library one copy of
each such publication, in the same form as supplied to other designated
depositories.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1910 of this title; title 17
section 707.
