§ 1909. — Requirements of depository libraries; reports on conditions; investigations; termination; replacement.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 44USC1909]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 19--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM
Sec. 1909. Requirements of depository libraries; reports on
conditions; investigations; termination; replacement
Only a library able to provide custody and service for depository
materials and located in an area where it can best serve the public
need, and within an area not already adequately served by existing
depository libraries may be designated by Senators, Representatives, the
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Commissioner of the District
of Columbia,\1\ or the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin
Islands as a depository of Government publications. The designated
depository libraries shall report to the Superintendent of Documents at
least every two years concerning their condition.
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\1\ See Transfer of Functions note below.
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The Superintendent of Documents shall make firsthand investigation
of conditions for which need is indicated and include the results of
investigations in his annual report. When he ascertains that the number
of books in a depository library is below ten thousand, other than
Government publications, or it has ceased to be maintained so as to be
accessible to the public, or that the Government publications which have
been furnished the library have not been properly maintained, he shall
delete the library from the list of depository libraries if the library
fails to correct the unsatisfactory conditions within six months. The
Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in whose
area the library is located or the Senator who made the designation, or
a successor of the Senator, and, in the case of a library in the
District of Columbia, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and,
in the case of a library in Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands,
the Governor, shall be notified and shall then be authorized to
designate another library within the area served by him, which shall
meet the conditions herein required, but which may not be in excess of
the number of depository libraries authorized by laws within the State,
district, territory, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may
be.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1285.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 86 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23,
Sec. 70, 28 Stat. 612; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, Sec. 6, 76 Stat.
354).
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1916 of this title.
