June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 904May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 6863 Stat. 99Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 4165 Stat. 725July 10, 1952, ch. 632, § 466 Stat. 540Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d)128 Stat. 2537(, ; , ; , ; , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Act1948
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 22736 Stat. 1154Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 136 Stat. 1419July 1, 1922, ch. 267, § 342 Stat. 816June 12, 1926, ch. 56844 Stat. 736Jan. 29, 1929, ch. 11345 Stat. 1143Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 488, § 145 Stat. 1475July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 146 Stat. 1016Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 3046 Stat. 1214May 17, 1932, ch. 19047 Stat. 158June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 50147 Stat. 415May 10, 1934, ch. 277, § 51248 Stat. 758June 7, 1934, ch. 42648 Stat. 926May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 149 Stat. 1380June 20, 1936, ch. 630, § 549 Stat. 1549June 25, 1936, ch. 80449 Stat. 1921Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 334 (, ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, §§ 12, 14, ; , ; , ; , ; , ).
Requirements for printing, binding, and issuing Supreme Court decisions “within eight months after said decisions have been rendered by the Supreme Court” and provision for distribution “within said period” were omitted. The phrase “as soon as practicable after rendition” was made the time for publishing such decisions as more flexible and practicable.
57 Stat. 24156 Stat. 502The words “the United States Court for China” were omitted inasmuch as that court is no longer functioning. The Secretary of State by an arrangement with China has relinquished the extraterritorial jurisdiction previously exercised by the United States in China. The 1944 Legislative and Judiciary Appropriation Act approved , made no appropriation for the United States Court for China. Appropriations for other courts were made in title II of chapter 173 (). The last appropriation for the United States Court for China was in the act of (ch. 472, title IV, ).
The words “to the Secretary of War for the use of the proper courts and officers of the Philippine Islands, seven copies” were omitted in view of the independence of the Philippines, effective .
section 451 of this titleThe phrase “justice or judge of the United States” obviated repetition of names of courts. (See definitive .)
section 334 of title 28section 414 of this titleLast sentence, fourth paragraph, of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., requiring that books should remain the property of the United States and should be preserved and turned over to successors in office, was omitted as covered by .
A reference to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia was omitted as covered by “each United States attorney.”
section 413 of this titleProvision authorizing distribution of volumes under this section to each place where a court of appeals is held was added for purposes of uniformity. See similar provision in .
The revised section substitutes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in lieu of the Attorney General insofar as distribution of volumes to the judiciary is concerned. This change is consistent with the duties of the former under section 601 et seq. of this title.
section 334 of title 28Provision of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., as to the custody, use and delivery to successors was omitted as obsolete on advice of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
The limitation of 10 copies to the library of the Supreme Court and 6 copies to the marshal of the Supreme Court for use of the justices, was omitted and the provision for distribution in such number “specified by the Chief Justice of the United States” was substituted therefor.
section 336 of title 28July 1, 1922, ch. 267, § 542 Stat. 818May 29, 1926, ch. 425, § 344 Stat. 678Authority for making an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of this section is contained in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Acts , ; , which is omitted, but not repealed, as unnecessary in this revision.
Changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.
Act1949
section 411(a) of title 2861 Stat. 50160 Stat. 1097Subsection (a) of this section substitutes, in , U.S.C., “Secretary of the Army” and “Department of the Army” for “Secretary of War” and “War Department,” in view of such redesignation by act of (ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), ). It substitutes, in section 411(a), “Commissioner of Customs; Commandant of the Coast Guard” for “Chief of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation,” in view of the abolishment of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, and the transfer of its functions to, and the division thereof between, the Commissioner of Customs and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, by 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, effective (11 F.R. 7875, ).
It substitutes, in such section 411(a), “Director of the Bureau of Land Management” for “Commissioner of the General Land Office,” in view of section 403 of such plan which abolished the General Land Office and created the Bureau of Land Management, headed by a Director. It inserts as new, in such section 411(a), references to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, and Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, in view of the creation of the National Military Establishment, headed by the Secretary of Defense, and the establishment of the Department of the Air Force in 1947.
section 411(b) of title 28Subsection (b) of this section redesignates, in , U.S.C., the Secretary of War as “Secretary of the Army,” for the reasons stated above, and corrects a typographical error in the word “court-martial”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1952—Act , amended section generally to provide for flexibility in the printing and distribution of the reports under congressional control.
1951—Subsec. (c). Act , in second par., substituted “Secretary of the Army” for “Secretary of War”.
1949—Subsec. (a). Act , § 68(a), inserted “Secretary of Defense”, “Secretary of the Air Force”, and “Judge Advocate General of the Air Force” where appearing, and substituted “Secretary of the Army” for “Secretary of War”, “Department of the Army” for “War Department”, “Director of the Bureau of Land Management” for “Commissioner of the General Land Office”, “Commissioner of Customs, Commandant of the Coast Guard” for “Chief of the Bureau of Marine Inspection”, and “Chief of Forest Service, Department of Agriculture” for “Chief Forester, National Park Service, Department of the Interior”.
Subsec. (b). Act , § 68(b), substituted “Secretary of the Army” for “Secretary of War” and “Court-martial” for “courtmartial”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235section 301 of Title 44“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in subsec. (c) on authority of , set out as a note under , Public Printing and Documents.