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Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§1916 Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM › § 1916

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Government Publishing Office must, if an accredited law school asks, name that school's library a depository library. The Director can do this only if the library meets the chapter's requirements, except for the location rule in section 1909. “Accredited law school” means a law school approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency that the Commissioner of Education accepts, or approved by the highest appellate court of the state where the school is located.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §1916

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(a)Upon the request of any accredited law school, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall designate the library of such law school as a depository library. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may not make such designation unless he determines that the library involved meets the requirements of this chapter, other than those requirements of the first undesignated paragraph of section 1909 of this title which relate to the location of such library.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “accredited law school” means any law school which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the Commissioner of Education for such purpose or accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in which the law school is located.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 95–261, § 3, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1978.”

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Commissioner of Education transferred to Secretary of Education pursuant to section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

44 U.S.C. § 1916

Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73