Title 1, General ProvisionsRelease 119-102
§203 District of Columbia Code; Preparation and Publication; Cumulative Supplements
Title 1 › CHAPTER 3 — CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS › § 203
Summary
Allows the House Judiciary Committee to print bills that organize and republish District of Columbia permanent laws and their updates like the U.S. Code, and to keep doing this until both Houses of Congress pass them.
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Title 1, §203
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The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives is authorized to print bills to codify, revise, and reenact the general and permanent laws relating to the District of Columbia and cumulative supplements thereto, similar in style, respectively, to the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, and to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of the Congress of the United States.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of the District of Columbia Pub. L. 90–226, title X, Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 742, provided for creation and operation of a commission to study and make recommendations with reference to a revised code of criminal law and procedure for the District of Columbia, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–358, title VI, § 601, July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 667, as amended by Pub. L. 91–530, § 2(b)(1), Dec. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 1390. Cross References Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of Pub. L. 94–386, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under section 285b of Title 2, The Congress. Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting, see section 285b of Title 2.
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1 U.S.C. § 203
Title 1, General Provisions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102