There shall be printed and furnished to the Library of Congress for official use in the District of Columbia not to exceed twenty-five copies of:
House documents and reports, bound;
Senate documents and reports, bound;
Senate and House journals, bound;
public bills and resolutions;
the United States Code and supplements, bound; and
all other publications and maps which are printed, or otherwise reproduced, under authority of law, upon the requisition of a Congressional committee, executive department, bureau, independent office, establishment, commission, or officer of the Government.
Confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public character shall be excepted.
In addition, there shall be delivered as printed to the Library of Congress:
ten copies of each House document and report, unbound;
ten copies of each Senate document and report, unbound; and
ten copies of each private bill and resolution and fifty copies of the laws in slip form.
Pub. L. 90–62082 Stat. 1282Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e)96 Stat. 1189(, , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
30 Stat. 138831 Stat. 1464June 20, 1936, ch. 63049 Stat. 1550Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 139 (, No. 12, ; , No. 16, §§ 1, 2, ; , title IV, § 6, ).
Public Law 88–626Reference to the Official Register is omitted as obsolete. The authorization for its compilation was repealed by [86–626].
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 97–276section 101(e) of Pub. L. 97–276The 1982 amendment by is based on section 305(a) of S. 2939, Ninety-seventh Congress, 2d Session, as reported , and incorporated by reference in , to be effective as if enacted into law.
Amendments
Pub. L. 97–276section 1719 of this title1982— substituted “not to exceed twenty-five copies of” for “, and for international exchange as provided by , not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of”.