§201 — Title 1 General Provisions | U.S. Code

Summary

Lets the House Judiciary Committee tell the Archivist to stop or cut back on printing slip or pamphlet versions or Statutes at Large for the items listed in sections 202 and 203 when laws are passed. The Government Publishing Office must still print enough copies for depository libraries and for sale. The committee can also stop printing supplements, but each Congress must have at least one supplement for each code that contains that Congress’s laws.

Title 1, §201

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In order to avoid duplication and waste—

(a)Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in section 202 and 203 of this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives so directs the Archivist of the United States;

(b)Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in section 202 and 203 of this title may be directed by such committee, except that the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale; and

(c)Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least one supplement to each such code, containing the legislation of such Congress.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”. 1954—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in subsec. (b) on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

§201 Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements