For the purpose of more fully carrying into effect the convention concluded at Brussels on , and proclaimed by the President of the United States on , there shall be supplied to the Superintendent of Documents not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five copies each of all Government publications, including the daily and bound copies of the Congressional Record, for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress. Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publications distributed in accordance with this section shall be charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose.
Pub. L. 90–62082 Stat. 1282Pub. L. 97–276, § 101(e)96 Stat. 1189Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(j)100 Stat. 1783–287Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(j)100 Stat. 3341–287Pub. L. 100–71, title I101 Stat. 425(, , ; , , ; , , , and , , , as amended , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
31 Stat. 1465Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 743 Stat. 1106June 20, 1936, ch. 63049 Stat. 1550Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964, ed., § 139a (, No. 16, § 3, ; , ; , title IV, § 6, ).
Editorial Notes
References in Text
There were two conventions concluded at Brussels on , and proclaimed by the President on : one was a convention “for the international exchange of official documents, scientific, and literary publications”; the other was “for the immediate exchange of the official journals, parliamentary annals, and documents.”
Codification
Pub. L. 99–591Pub. L. 99–500 is a corrected version of .
section 101(j) of Pub. L. 99–500Pub. L. 100–71The 1986 amendment is based on section 306 of title III of H.R. 5203 (see House Report 99–805 as filed in the House on ), and incorporated by reference in and 99–591, as amended by , to be effective as if enacted into law.
Pub. L. 97–276section 101(e) of Pub. L. 97–276The 1982 amendment by is based on section 305(b) 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. 99–500Pub. L. 100–711986— and 99–591, as amended by , amended last sentence generally, substituting “charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose” for “chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication”. See Codification note above.
Pub. L. 97–2761982— substituted “Superintendent of Documents” for first reference to “Library of Congress” and “for distribution to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress” for “for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to foreign governments which agree to send to the United States similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of Congress”, and inserted “Confidential matter, blank forms, circular letters not of a public character, publications determined by their issuing department, office, or establishment to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value, and publications classified for reasons of national security shall be exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and distribution costs of any publication distributed in accordance with this section shall be chargeable to the department, office, or establishment issuing the publication.”