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§106a Promulgation of Laws

Title 1 › CHAPTER 2 — ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS › § 106a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a bill, order, resolution, or vote becomes law because the President signed it or did not return it with objections, the Archivist of the United States must promptly receive it from the President. If the President returns it with objections but both Houses later pass it by a two‑thirds vote, the Archivist must receive it from the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House (whichever House last approved it) and carefully preserve the originals.

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Title 1, §106a

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Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the Senate and House of Representatives, having been approved by the President, or not having been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall forthwith be received by the Archivist of the United States from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote is returned by the President with his objections, and, on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received by the Archivist of the United States from the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives in whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and he shall carefully preserve the originals.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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. Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel Similar provisions were contained in R.S. § 204; act Dec. 28, 1874, ch. 9, § 2, 18 Stat. 294; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which with the exception of the reorganization plan, were repealed by section 56(h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (l) of that section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or liabilities existing under those statutes on the

Effective Date

of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions under the repealed statutes, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

1 U.S.C. § 106a

Title 1, General Provisions

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102